What is the Graduate School?
The Graduate School is responsible for the enforcement of minimum general standards of graduate work in the University and for the coordination of the graduate programs of the various colleges and the divisions of the University. The responsibility for the detailed operations of graduate programs is vested in the individual colleges, schools, divisions, and departments. In most of the colleges an associate dean or other administrator is directly responsible for graduate study in that college.
The Graduate School consists of the dean and associate director and Offices of Student Records, Editorial, and Data Management. The Office of Graduate Minority Programs (OGMP) is a complementary unit, headed by an associate dean, whose function is to facilitate the recruitment and retention of superior minority graduate students and manage the Ronald E. McNair program. General policies and standards of the Graduate School are established by the Graduate Faculty. Any policy change must be approved by the graduate deans and the Graduate Council.