CIRGE, the Center for Innovation and Research in Graduate Education was founded at the University of Washington in 2001 in order to improve graduate education by analyzing student retrospective assessment of graduate programs, by evaluating innovation in graduate education, and by assessing trends in doctoral education worldwide. The first center devoted to researching graduate education, CIRGE has become a trusted source for information which helps universities respond effectively to the most challenging issues in graduate education today: accountability, internationalization, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the increase of dual career PhDs in the workforce
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Latest Graduate Education NewsMay 06, 2009: Campus Milenio reports on Kassel Conference May 06, 2009: CIRGE book, Towards a Global PhD?, reviewed by CampusFrance May 05, 2009: Call for a 21st Century Renaissance in Higher Education cites CIRGE Study March 31, 2009: Professor Yamamoto reports on FF3 conference January 30, 2009: Inside Higher Ed reports on Time to Doctoral Degree findings September 03, 2008: CIRGE Report on Gender Equality Reviewed in Inside Higher Education July 28, 2008: CIRGE’s latest book reviewed by Nature Magazine Click here for the News archive |
Recent Publications & PresentationsSpotlight Reports from Social Science 5 SurveySpotlight Reports are topical explorations of the data in our Social Science PhD:5+ Years Out (SS5+) survey.
Discipline-Specific Reports from SS5+Discipline-Specific Reports take a particular discipline and explores how our data from SS5+ sheds light on the condition of doctoral education in that field. Highlights Report from SS5+
Visit our publications page for further articles on mentoring, program assessment, future trends in doctoral education, globalization and other topics. |
