A Developmental Approach to Graduate Education Review: A New Take on a Traditional Process

In this article we describe the Graduate Review and Improvement Process (GRIP), an innovative evaluation process that makes student input central, now beginning its fifth year of implementation at the University of Minnesota. We begin by contrasting GRIP with traditional graduate program review, and...

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Published in:Innovative higher education 2016-04, Vol.41 (2), p.137-152
Main Authors: Hakkola, Leah, King, Jean A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Action Research
Barriers
College students
Doctoral Programs
Education
Educational Innovation
Educational Policy
Evaluation Methods
Graduate Students
Graduate studies
Graduate Study
Higher Education
Minnesota
Program Evaluation
Student Evaluation
Student Participation
Undergraduate Study
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Summary:In this article we describe the Graduate Review and Improvement Process (GRIP), an innovative evaluation process that makes student input central, now beginning its fifth year of implementation at the University of Minnesota. We begin by contrasting GRIP with traditional graduate program review, and we then explain the conceptual underpinnings of action research and developmental evaluation. We next explain how the process began and evolved from 2011 to the present, including discussion of the perceived benefits that participants reported. The article concludes with four challenges to this process: resources, changing leadership, turnover, and faculty engagement.
ISSN:0742-5627
1573-1758
DOI:10.1007/s10755-015-9338-3