Ekker, Stephen C.Garner, Shirley Nelson2008-02-012008-02-012006-05-05https://hdl.handle.net/11299/5622Documents (final report and executive summary) providing recommendations to improve University's graduate programs by a variety of changes in research, teaching, development of new programs and evaluation of graduate disciplines.The mission of the Graduate Reform: Discipline Evolution Task Force is to create a strategic plan for world-class graduate programs and education with particular emphasis on emerging and evolving disciplines. The University should strive to be a national and international model for the strength, breadth, and especially the interdisciplinary scope of its graduate programs.en-USeducationresearchteachingReport