College of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies Draft Strategic Plan 2018-2025

The College of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies is a Service Unit College of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies 2018-2025 The College of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies is a Service Unit …with more than 1500 graduate & adjunct faculty members Colleges and Schools must be successful for the institution to be successful leaders could think about service delivery to yield insight into CGPS ‘deliverables’ leading to refinement of our overall “offering” What is it that they want us to do…. usask.ca/cgps

What is the overall objective? College of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies 2018-2025 What is the overall objective? …collaboration …create more programs …attract and retain more, better students …improve graduate education experiences for faculty, staff and students usask.ca/cgps

Robust student information systems - flexibility and innovation College of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies 2018-2025 Robust student information systems - flexibility and innovation (i.e. register in multiple colleges simultaneously), facilitate disbursement of student funding Strategic Enrolment Management & Recruitment of graduate students, strategic targets (indigenous, domestic & international students), facilitate growth of high-quality students Systems, policies and processes - flexibility & growth; improved student experience, program flexibility, and student transition between programs; registration models including part-time registration; thesis defense processes Create CGPS service standards – adaptable, able to enhance staff capacity, develop service commitment linked to enabling academic greatness usask.ca/cgps

College of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies 2018-2025 Motivate and Support Program Innovation - single-unit and interdisciplinary programs, prepare graduates for alternate career paths, indigenous content, update degree-level learning outcomes to address reconciliation Expand International Opportunities - in- and outbound students; collaborate in international agreements, Cotutelle agreements Multi-year Planning - tuition and scholarship modeling with goals of student growth, multi-year graduate course availability Program Quality - second round of graduate program reviews; act on previous recommendations Postdoctoral fellows - new policies and processes dedicated to recruitment and financial support, IDP, transition to careers; clarify PDF roles in research and graduate student programming usask.ca/cgps

College of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies 2018-2025 Develop Role Clarity in graduate program accountability and graduate course administration; support academic unit autonomy Cultivate Lasting Relationships with Alumni - regular and meaningful engagement; help celebrate career and life-long successes Revise CGPS Governance Structure to interface directly with college/school leaders of graduate programming; develop revised college bylaws Story Telling Within Communication Strategies - celebrate successes with our stakeholders usask.ca/cgps

Send your confidential feedback/comments to: College of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies 2018-2025 Send your confidential feedback/comments to:  Lori.Lisitza@usask.ca  www.usask.ca/cgps usask.ca/cgps