As the University celebrates its graduate and professional students this week, The Well asked John Easterbrook, The Graduate School’s executive director of strategic initiatives, about the Graduate Student Experience, an initiative to support them.
How did the GSE come about and why is it needed?
A number of graduate and professional students reached out to share their experiences with Beth Mayer-Davis after she took on the role as dean of The Graduate School. The GSE is in part a response to calls from those students to find ways to support graduate students in a more holistic way.
Research shows graduate and professional students are facing high levels of stress and anxiety. What can we do to support students that isn’t going to be a superficial quick fix but will get to the root of the issue? There are a lot of stressors we can remedy here on campus.
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