电子游戏软件已经投资了超过3美元.5 million in academic strategic funds during the past five years to elevate doctoral student stipends, reflecting a commitment to graduate education and student formation outlined in the University’s 10-year Strategic Plan, “永远追求卓越.”
结果是, all funded doctoral students will receive an academic-year stipend of at least $30,000 in 2023-2024—an important milestone in the University’s investment in graduate education.
除了, the BC student health plan now provides benefits to more than 1,750名电子游戏正规平台生, and the 2022 transition to a new health insurance carrier resulted in added benefits, including a lower out-of-pocket maximum and improved pediatric dental coverage. 根据最近的一项评估, there have been no coverage reductions or deductible increases since the health plan’s inception, and the platinum plan annual premium is significantly below that of Ivy League plus peers and the Massachusetts Health Connector prices for comparable coverage. 总体而言，该大学贡献了超过2美元.4 million toward health insurance coverage for doctoral students during the 2022-2023 academic year.
Provost and Dean of Faculties David Quigley said these investments have paid dividends in helping the University to attract outstanding doctoral students, whose contributions are welcomed and appreciated in all of BC’s schools and colleges.
“The University is greatly enriched by the presence and contributions of our doctoral and graduate students,奎格利说. “Our faculty and deans are committed to making their experience at 电子游戏软件 as rewarding and productive as possible.”
加强对受资助博士生的支持, the Institute for the Liberal Arts (ILA) and the Provost’s Office established a grant in 2019 for Innovation in Graduate Education, which enables faculty to apply for grants (up to $10,000 a year for a maximum of three years) for programming that improves graduate education at 电子游戏软件—particularly in the areas of innovation in pedagogy, improving personal and professional formation of graduate students, 利用技术改善电子游戏正规平台生教育, 增加多样性和包容性. The grants have been awarded each spring since the program’s inception.
“通过这些和其他项目, we are working to help our graduate students to thrive in their time at 电子游戏软件. We continue to look for ways to enhance their experience as students, and we look forward to future investments in support of world-class doctoral training across our schools and colleges.”
2021年，国际劳工组织还成立了国际劳工组织 博士实习项目.D. students in the humanities and qualitative social sciences to provide opportunities to explore careers beyond tenured faculty positions. 通过这个项目, graduate students have been placed in internships in BC 库, 麦克马伦博物馆, 学生事务, with additional opportunities forthcoming in the Academic Advising Center. 学生 receive a stipend to work in their placements for 35 hours per week in June and July, which includes attending weekly meetings for reflection 和研讨会 on alternative careers.
国际教育协会还提供大额赠款(最高25美元),000美元)和小额补助金(最高可达2美元),500) each year for projects that involve graduate students working as participants in seminars, 座谈会, 和研讨会, or helping to arrange speakers to address groups of students.
除了, the Center for Teaching Excellence provides robust programming for graduate students, including the Apprenticeship in College Teaching Program, which prepares graduate students and postdoctoral fellows for teaching careers in higher education.
自2018年《电子游戏软件》发布以来, graduate student enrollment across all eight of BC’s schools and colleges has increased by 13%, with the University attracting promising doctoral and graduate students from throughout the United States and the world.
在那段时间里, the University has also expanded graduate programing through the combined efforts of the Office of the Provost, 学生事务, 以及大学宣教部办公室. Popular grad outreach programs include the Graduate Leadership Program—an in-depth, six-session development workshop series designed to help grad students gain deeper self-awareness as leaders; the Grad Student Voices Conference, which invites graduate students of all levels to share their historical research projects in an effort to highlight innovative research; and the Doctoral Writing Group, which convenes doctoral students in focused group writing sessions facilitated by the Office of Graduate Student Life to assist them with their research and writing goals. The GSL also hosts an annual overnight retreat for first year graduate students that promotes reflection and conversation.
Graduate student programs sponsored by BC 校园 Ministry include the Manresa Silent Retreat at the Connors Retreat Center in Dover, 在牛顿校区的暂停和祈祷环节, 以及海边的书房, offered during spring Break at Bellarmine House in Cohasset.
“通过这些和其他项目, we are working to help our graduate students to thrive in their time at 电子游戏软件,奎格利说. “We continue to look for ways to enhance their experience as students, and we look forward to future investments in support of world-class doctoral training across our schools and colleges.”
Jack Dunn | University Communications | March 2023