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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.

Announcements:

Two new discipline reports out

Reports on the findings from the Social Science PhDs - Five+ Years Out survey for Communication and History doctoral recipients are now available.

Communication  History 


New! - Spotlight Report on Gender Equality in the Social Sciences

Just published - the first in a series of spotlights on hot issues in doctoral education, this report focuses on the potential for gender equality in careers of social science doctorate holders using findings from Social Science PhDs—Five+ Years Out, CIRGE’s most recent national survey. Click here to view the report


Guest lectures, Monday June 10, noon

Monday, June 10, two Australian scholars, Dr. Catherine Manathunga, Universtiy of Queensland, Dr. Margaret Kiley, National Australian University, Canberra, will present their current research on  doctoral education at 12:00 noon at the Graduate School conference room, Communication Building.  


Book Launch–Toward a Global PhD? Forces and Forms of Change in Doctoral Education Worldwide

Members of the Forces & Forms of Change in Doctoral Education Worldwide contributed to this volume which explores the current state and future of PhD education from a global perspective. Chapters include analysis of more than a dozen PhD programs written by experts in their home countries in the field of doctoral education. Join us for a reception and book signing on May 7, 2008 in the Walker Ames Room in Kane Hall.


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