Assessing Progress

Graduate Education

Accomplishments

Strengthened annual assessment process for graduate groups around key metrics (admissions, mentoring, time to degree, diversity, attrition, placement) and used assessment data to manage optimal cohort size
Pursued initiatives to enhance diversity
Joined HSI Pathways to the Professoriate partnership
Launched the Mathematics Bridge-to-PhD program
Partnered in the inaugural PHD (Penn Honors Diversity) symposium; planning again for future year
Focused attention on student wellness
Expanded news coverage and programming promoting student research
Raised $10 million in graduate fellowship support from AY14-18