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Best PracticesPlanning websites for recruiting
and use by current students
Key parts of a grad website
Fit to the needs of the discipline What prospective and current students need to know Ordering of information highlights most central
needs
Then accessibility and logic become important How easily can prospective students find their
answers? What answers do current students need?
Some important components
Clearly identified areas of strength Why a student would apply to your program Then to specific parts…
Transparency…key stats Placements Applications/admissions Time to degree (median) Attrition…how defined?
More key components…
Graduate studies handbook Up-to-date Previous versions for continuing students
Community information
Application process Different places for other universities
Grad School, admissions, departments
More components…
Graduate student profiles Interest areas, email address, photos
Program timeline
Courses & requirements basic sketch aside from handbook
Faculty research areas
Funding opportunities & funding policy (years, MA vs PhD)
Website examples
English: http://www.english.uiowa.edu/graduate/
Philosophy: http://www.uiowa.edu/~phil/grad.shtml
Physics: http://www.physics.uiowa.edu/graduate/
Economics: http://tippie.uiowa.edu/economics/phd/
Geography: http://www.uiowa.edu/~geog/Graduate/graduate_program.shtml
More website examples
Political Science: http://www.polisci.uiowa.edu/graduate/index.shtml
Sociology: http://www.uiowa.edu/~soc/graduate/about.html
Biochemistry: http://www.biochem.uiowa.edu/graduate/grad_prog.html
Discussion
What works in these sites? Other sites to see?
What do you wish you could do to your site?
What do you feel is the strength of your site? Possible areas for improvement?