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Best Practices. Planning 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 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Best PracticesPlanning websites for recruiting

and use by current students

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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?

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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?

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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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?