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Graduate Assembly - Spring 2012Graduate Assembly - Spring 2012• Introductions• Announcements• GSO Briefing on GA Unionization Efforts• Current Status of UHM Graduate Education• Financial Aid Changes• Reorganization Update• Annual Program Reviews• Reminders

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AnnouncementsAnnouncements

• Grad Div awards to Faculty and Students

• Application Fee Increase

• New Graduate Programs

• New International Student Enrollment Requirements

• Strategic Plan Implementation Committee Proposal on Funding the Ph.D.

GSO BriefingGSO Briefing

• Anjali Nath, President and Shanna Clinton, Vice President

• HB 2589: Allow graduate assistants to unionize

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Current Status Fall 2011Current Status Fall 2011• 5,161 warm bodies (down 2%)• 5,359 enrollments (down 2%)• 4,705 Classified Graduate Students (up 2%)

– 3,477 (67%) full time, 1,684 (33%) part time – 1,626 Doctoral, 3,005 Masters– 1,176 International Students– 2,187 enrolled for 8 or more units

• 1,323 Graduate Assistants (up 1%)• 35 with ‘full’ fellowships (that I know of)• 213 EWC fellows (up 32%)• Achievement Scholarships about $1,500,000

– ($1,024,000 from Graduate Division)

• UHF Scholarships = $379,000

Historical Headcount Historical Headcount Enrollment Fall 2001-2011Enrollment Fall 2001-2011

Master’s Doctoral 1st Prof.2011 3,005 1,626 758

2010 3,143 1,614 754

2009 3,258 1,595 711

2008 3,160 1,590 658

2007 3,007 1,542 640

2006 3,051 1,511 641

2005 3,120 1,480 640

2004 3,207 1,419 599

2003 3,068 1,312 613

2002 2,922 1,264 535

2001 2,752 1,191 500

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Current StatusCurrent Status• Apps up overall, 5490 applications for Fall 2011

– 4,975 complete

– 2,774 admitted

– 1,673 enrolled

• Apps to Professional degrees up slightly

• We continue to try to become more paperless

– Accept electronic transcripts, usually via Interfolio

– “Official” copies required once the student matriculates

Fall 2011 ApplicationsFall 2011 Applications

College/School Apps College/School Apps

Arts & Humanities 336 Natural Sciences 565

Asian & Pacific Studies 90 Nursing 400

Business Administration 505 SOEST 234

Education 744 Outreach 511

Engineering 119 Hawaiian Knowledge 26

Graduate Division 521 Social Sciences 805

Interdisciplinary 37 Social Work 251

LLL 378 TIM 21

Medicine (MS & PhD) 320 CTAHR 164

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Current StatusCurrent Status• OVCAA provided $500K in tuition funds allocated

to new TAs

• Merit (Achievement) awards – Total value same as last year

• UH Foundation Scholarships– Just a reminder that if you do not allocate the full

distribution amount, it does not go back into the endowment

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Current StatusCurrent Status

• Graduate Assistants– TA budget augmented by $500K – RA numbers increasing - due to success in

obtaining extramural awards

• No GAs on steps 1-2, 9-month• In order to get visas, international students need to be

appointed at 9-month step 4 or 11-month step 5 (or higher)

GA Stipend ScheduleGA Stipend ScheduleStep 9-Month 11-Month

1 13,296 (0) 15,558 (46)

2 13,830 (0) 16,176 (13)

3 14,382 (150) 16,824 (116)

4 14,958 (99) 17,496 (140)

5 15,558 (176) 18,198 (143)

6 16,176 (3) 18,924 (48)

7 16,824 (42) 19,680 (31)

8 17,496 (1) 20,466 (59)

9 18,198 (0) 21,288 (16)

10 19,680 (0) 22,140 (20)

11 20,466 (2) 23,022 (61)

12 21,288 (1) 23,946 (42)

13 22,140 (0) 24,906 (16)

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Summary Stipend InformationSummary Stipend Information

• 1307 Graduate Assistantships

• $23,516,016 from all funding sources

• $7,034,855 from G-funds

• Tuition exemptions totaled ~$19M

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Financial Aid ChangesFinancial Aid Changes• New restrictions on subsidized Stafford

Loans to grad students; please consult Financial Aid Office for details.

• Increased scrutiny of courses, all must apply to the degree.

• No financial aid for more than one repeat of an otherwise non-repeatable course.

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Reorganization StatusReorganization Status• Approved by Chancellor

• Merged Records, Admissions, and Fellowships/Scholarships

• Hired Director of Graduate Student Services – Jarren Uyehara

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Graduate Council just completed the second round of annual reviews of all UHM programs.

•Purpose

•New Procedure

Enrollment ManagementEnrollment Management

RemindersReminders

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• Please sign the roster

• All of the data collected by Graduate Division that pertains to your programs can be found on our CMS web site:

https://cms.grad.hawaii.edu

Graduate Division CMS WebsiteGraduate Division CMS Websitehttps://cms.grad.hawaii.edu/https://cms.grad.hawaii.edu/

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More RemindersMore Reminders

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• Graduate Division Web site

manoa.hawaii.edu/graduate/

• Facebook

www.facebook.com/uhmgd

Yet More RemindersYet More Reminders

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• Make sure your Web sites link to our *NEW* Web site

• Retired graduate faculty may remain on committees until pau.

The Last of the RemindersThe Last of the Reminders

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• Please don’t change committee membership without having it approved first.

• New Student Orientation

Thursday, August 16, 8:30-11:30

Thank you.Thank you.

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