June 4, 2021 1 History and Organization University Graduate School In 1908, upon the insistence of faculty members of the College of Arts and Sciences, the university placed its Administration graduate courses into a newly formed unit, the Graduate JAMES C. WIMBUSH, Ph.D., Dean of The University School, and named biology professor Carl Eigenmann its Graduate School first dean (1908-27). Four years later, Indiana University DAVID L. DALEKE, Ph.D., Associate Dean awarded its first Ph.D. degree, although Master of Arts JANICE S. BLUM, Ph.D., Associate Dean degrees had been conferred in cursu upon graduates of Indiana University in the nineteenth century. Today, Overview the Graduate School awards approximately 300 Ph.D.’s and some 500 master’s degrees annually. In addition The University Graduate School offers degree programs to the Ph.D., the Graduate School at Indiana University on seven campuses of Indiana University: Bloomington, has sole jurisdiction over the Master of Arts, the Master East, Indianapolis, Kokomo, Northwest at Gary, South of Science, the Master of Arts for Teachers, and the Bend, and Southeast at New Albany. As of fall 2018, the Master of Fine Arts degrees wherever they are offered University Graduate School offers a total of 134 master’s in the university system. The professional schools have degrees, and 121 Ph.D. programs state-wide. jurisdiction over other postbaccalaureate degrees and At Bloomington, the University Graduate School offers provide the instruction for Graduate School degrees in 89 master's degrees and 84 Ph.D. degrees through the their disciplines. As a university-wide office, the Graduate College of Arts and Sciences, School of Art, Architecture, School grants degrees at five of the university’s eight + Design, Kelley School of Business, School of Education, campuses: Bloomington, Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, South School of Global and International Studies, School of Bend, and Southeast. Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Maurer School In the Graduate School’s early years, during the of Law, The Media School, School of Medicine, Jacobs presidency of William Lowe Bryan, the university School of Music, School of Optometry, School of Public concentrated on undergraduate instruction. When Herman and Environmental Affairs, and School of Public Health. B Wells became president in 1938, graduate education at At Indianapolis, the University Graduate School offers Indiana began to thrive under the deanship of Fernandes 39 master’s degrees and 37 Ph.D. degrees through the Payne, another biologist (1927-47). With the strong School of Liberal Arts, School of Health and Rehabilitation support of President Wells and under the guidance of Sciences, School of Medicine, School of Public Health, Dean Payne’s successors, English professor and folklorist School of Science, School of Informatics and Computing, Stith Thompson (1947-50) and botanist Ralph Cleland School of Dentistry, School of Education, School of (1950-58), the Graduate School grew rapidly during the Nursing, and School of Social Work. post-World War II years. Twenty-five graduate fellowships were created during the war years. At Kokomo, the University Graduate School offers the Master of Arts; at Northwest, the Master of Liberal Studies; John W. Ashton, the second English professor to at South Bend, the Master of Arts and Master of Liberal occupy the Graduate School deanship (1958-65), had Studies; at East, the Master of Arts; and at Southeast, the served as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Master of Liberal Studies. before taking over the new Graduate School offices in Kirkwood Hall. During his tenure in the College and in Mission Statement the Graduate School, Dean Ashton gave strong support The mission of the University Graduate School is to to interdisciplinary programs and emerging disciplines promote and support excellence in graduate education such as linguistics, comparative literature, East European for individual students, faculty, departments, and the studies, folklore, School of Letters, and Uralic and Altaic university as a whole. studies. By 1960, Bernard Berelson’s book Graduate Education in the United States ranked Indiana University In accomplishing this mission, the University Graduate twelfth of 92 institutions of higher education. Allan Carter’s School values excellence, integrity, collaboration, Assessment of Quality in Graduate Education (1966) also efficiency, innovation, and inclusiveness in all that it reflected the increased stature of the university’s graduate does. These values are central to the school’s role in programs. In that work, four Graduate School programs encouraging a creative environment for scholarship, ranked among the top ten of their kind in the nation, and research, teaching, and learning. The University Graduate twenty programs emerged among the top twenty. School is a recognized leader in developing new concepts and best practices for graduate education. It assists The appointment of Harrison Shull, a chemist (1965-72), departments in recruiting, supporting, retaining, and marked an outstanding increase in the research and graduating outstanding scholars. Through its connections graduate development activities of the Graduate School. with national higher education organizations, it serves When Dean Shull left the Graduate School to become the as a resource in forging the future directions of graduate vice chancellor for research and development, he took education. many of these activities with him, leaving the Graduate School to be concerned primarily with graduate education. As the university underwent reorganization under the leadership of President John W. Ryan, two temporary deans, Harry Yamaguchi, a psychologist (1972-77), and James Holland, the third biologist to head the Graduate School (1977-78), presided over an office that, without a 2 June 4, 2021 research and development component, was able to focus by departmental or school administrators, subject to the its attention on the quality of graduate education. approval of the dean of the University Graduate School and, in the case of full members, the Board of Trustees. From 1978 until 1987, the historian Leo F. Solt was dean. This process changed in 2005. Currently, all tenured Under his leadership, the Graduate School became or tenure-eligible faculty are automatically appointed a university-wide entity, encouraging excellence in as members of the Graduate Faculty. An additional graduate education throughout the state of Indiana by endorsement to direct doctoral dissertations may be systematically reviewing all existing programs and by obtained through nomination by the appropriate doctoral implementing new graduate programs on the Indianapolis program chair or program faculty, subject to approval of and South Bend campuses, as well as on the Bloomington the dean of the University Graduate School. The names campus. Fellowship funds were increased, and more of all IU faculty members who hold appointments as minority students were recruited; the Graduate School was members of the Graduate Faculty are listed in this bulletin computerized to improve record keeping and monitoring under the names of the program(s) with which they are of students; additional steps were taken to improve associated. An asterisk (*) denotes membership in the the quality of Ph.D. dissertations; and participation by University Graduate School faculty with the endorsement graduate students in the administrative and policy making to direct doctoral dissertations. activity of the Graduate School was encouraged. Members of the University Graduate School faculty Thomas Noblitt, a music historian, was acting dean ultimately determine standards of admission, set the from 1987 until 1989. During his tenure, new graduate general requirements for degrees, pass upon the specific programs were approved for the Northwest and Fort requirements of programs, approve courses for graduate Wayne campuses, and offerings at Bloomington and credit, and certify candidates for degrees. These functions Indianapolis were expanded. In August 1989, George are executed by the Graduate Council and the dean Walker, a physicist, became associate vice president and administrative staff. More specifically, the University (and later vice president) for research and dean of the Graduate School faculty serve on advisory and research University Graduate School, thus reuniting two offices committees for doctoral students, direct master’s theses that had been separated for nearly 20 years. Under his and doctoral dissertations, and elect members of the direction, the University Graduate School was reorganized Graduate Council. to allow departments and schools to assume a larger part of the responsibility for the monitoring of graduate The Graduate Council, which represents faculty in all students’ progress toward their degrees. Increased graduate units, meets monthly during the academic emphasis on financial support for graduate education year. In addition to the functions delegated to it by the led to substantial additions to the fellowship budget, faculty of the University Graduate School, it serves as an new initiatives were undertaken to encourage research executive advisory body to the dean and administrative on all campuses of the university, and the Graduate staff on policy matters. It receives the reports of the Council was significantly expanded. Dean Walker also school’s standing faculty committees; it acts upon established a Preparing Future Faculty Program to recommendations