Resources

Web sites

Center for Teaching Excellence – founded to promote and encourage a culture of excellence in teaching at VCU, the center provides graduate students with opportunities for professional development and training.

Graduate School Mentorship Program – offered through the Graduate School, the mentor program partners undergraduate and graduate students in mutually beneficial mentoring relationships.

Graduate Student Association – the GSA represents the Graduate School throughout campus and offers professional development and social activities for students.

Division of Community Engagement – Service-Learning – VCU Service-Learning helps students and faculty address community needs through research, teaching and service by applying classroom knowledge in a hands-on environment.

Association for Institutional Research – a professional association of institutional researchers, planners and decision-makers from higher education institutions around the world that advances research and improves understanding, planning and operation in higher education.

Association of American Colleges and Universities – the leading national association concerned with the quality, vitality and public standing of undergraduate liberal education.

Council of Graduate Schools – the nation’s only organization dedication solely to the advancement of graduate education and research.

National Science Foundation – an independent federal agency created by Congress to promote the progress of science, advance national health, prosperity and welfare, and secure the national defense. The organization is also a funding source for approximately 20 percent of all federally supported research at colleges and universities.

The Pew Charitable Trusts – developed to serve the public interest by providing information, advancing policy solutions and supporting civic life, the trust provides organizations and citizens with fact-based research and practical solutions for challenging issues.

Publications of interest

The Pew Charitable Trusts: Advancing Policy Solutions – Higher Education Performance – a series of initiatives focused on promoting policies that enable students of all ages to succeed in school and in life.