Graduate School

Class entering in fall 2005:

Dean Lewis M. Siegel became chair of the board of the Council of Graduate Schools and of the research committee of the Graduate Record Examination.
The school participated in Council of Graduate Schools projects concerning the responsible conduct of research training and Ph.D. completion.
Five doctoral programs (Chemistry, English, Mathematics, History and Psychological and Brain Sciences) continued their work with the Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate.
Duke was a select institution in a pilot program to help establish the recommended "cut scores" for the new Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), to be phased in internationally in fall 2005.
The Student Affairs Office developed a new Hooding Ceremony, held for the first time in the Graduate School's history for some 1,200 students, faculty and family during the May 2005 Commencement.
The school launched new Ph.D. programs in nursing, medical physics, and public policy and a new interdisciplinary certificate program in the philosophy of biology.
Personal development opportunities abounded, including the Preparing Future Faculty program workshops on the Instructional Uses of Technology and Responsible Conduct of Research Training, and further centralization of Pathways to the Professorate.
The school created a video CD to showcase what is distinctive about graduate education at Duke for prospective applicants, alumni and potential donors.