The Admission Committee decides either to recommend or reject the applicant for admission and forwards this recommendation to the chair of the department and the EAC. The recommendation will contain:

1. a list of all the applicants,
2. applicants with completed applications,
3. applicants accepted,
4. applicants conditionally accepted,
5. applicants rejected,
6. recommended academic advisor (if any).

Departments will maintain this data for 7 years. With department chair approval, the Admissions committee contacts student applicants to advise them of their recommendation and to request a commitment to accept the admission and to enroll in the program. The Program Doctoral Coordinator contacts accepted applicants and informs them of their initial appointed academic adviser with whom they will discuss the next steps to start the program.

Acceptance and Enrollment

Students confirm their acceptance of enrollment by returning a postcard that the Admissions Committee sent with the admissions notice.

Appointment of Program Chair and Program Committee

Ordinarily, a major professor is selected for the role of Program Chair from the department in which a student is enrolled. Where appropriate, and upon recommendation of the Dean, Chair, or Faculty, major professors may also be drawn from graduate faculty based elsewhere in the College or University. Students who already have a professional (mentor) relationship with a faculty member or who have been recruited by that faculty member would normally be assigned that faculty member as a mentor and academic advisor. The faculty mentor typically serves as the student’s Doctoral Advisor, the Program Chair, and as the Dissertation Chair.

Role of Program Chair and Program Committee

The Program Committee Consists of a Senior Graduate Faculty member (see Graduate School Guidelines) who serves as the Doctoral Advisor and Chair Person of the Program Committee (from the CEHD and approved by the Department Chair and the Associate Dean for Research) and a minimum of two other appropriately credentialed graduate faculty members. Program Committee members are typically identified by the student, and then are approved by the Department Chair and the CEHD Associate Dean for Research. Copies of the program committee approval form will be filed in the EAC. See the Program/Thesis/Dissertation Advisory Committee Approval Form [DOC].

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