Templates, Surveys & Further Reading

MU Graduate Student Handbook Template

With the assistance of MU Graduate School publications and student services coordinators, all participating doctoral programs will create a comprehensive, easy-to-use Graduate Student Handbook that covers topics including completion and time-to-degree data and year-by-year expectations for satisfactory academic progress.

The Graduate Student Handbook Template can be downloaded in PDF format (PDF) or as a Rich Text Format document (RTF).

Exit Surveys for Doctoral Students

Doctoral Students in our participating degree programs are strongly encouraged to fill out an exit survey, whether they are graduating or leaving their program for any reason.

Further Reading

National PhD Completion Project: Council of Graduate Schools

CGS offers an abundance of information and resources concerning its national efforts toward PhD completion on this site.

• Completion Project News
• Frequently Asked Questions: Particularly good information about definitions of terms used in the Project’s data templates can be found here.
• Project Introduction
• Nation-wide Participants Overview
• Quantitative Data: By Field, Institution, Demographics or Other Categories.
• Resources
• Tools and Templates