US: Graduate conference attracts education leaders

More than 600 leaders in graduate education from North America and overseas met at the Council of Graduate Schools' 48th annual meeting in Washington late last week. Deans of graduate schools and other stakeholders from across the US and Canada, as well as Mexico, Europe, Australia, and China, discussed current issues in graduate education.

Amid the globalisation of higher education and the growth of international collaborations, the meeting focused for the first time on the effects of these trends on graduate education. Topics included international collaborations, including dual and joint degrees, maintaining quality of graduate programs globally, governments' role in globalising graduate education, career outcomes of master's and doctoral graduates, and graduate education's response to the economic crisis.
 
A detailed programme is available here: www.cgsnet.org