Grad Ed Toolkit
COGA Guides
Handbook Guide
The Interactive CLAS Guide to Graduate Student Handbooks (PDF) is a comprehensive guide to the most essential content for graduate student handbooks. It is intended as a useful resource for departments; it does not constitute new policy. The guide may be used by program faculty and/or staff to develop a new graduate student handbook, or to update an existing handbook.
Word documents that may be integrated into an existing graduate student handbook:
- Key Offices at KU - A directory of key offices on campus for graduate students. For each office, a description of services and a link to the office's website is included.
- University Policies and Degree Requirements - A guide to University policies and requirements that most commonly affect graduate students. The document includes links to descriptive content on COGA or Graduate Studies webpages, as well as links to the KU Policy Library.
Presentation on Graduate Handbook Template»
Guide to Alumni Outreach and Engagement
Guide to Alumni Outreach and Engagement
Guide to Graduate Data Sources
Guide to Graduate Data Sources
Other Resources
Tracking Student Progress
Example: Student Progress To Degree
Template: Student Progress to Degree
Template: Student Contact Log
Example: Departmental Time Limit Extension Form for Internal Time Constraints
Mentoring and Advising
Resource: Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Annual Review Forms
Resource: Mentoring Agreement
Resource: Faculty Mentoring Guide (University of Washington)»
Professional Development & Careers
Template: Alumni Tracking
Example: Publicizing Career Outcomes (UNC-Chapel Hill, Geography Department)»
Example: KU Slavic Languages and Literatures (Alternative Careers under Professionalization tab)