Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Committee on Graduate School Policy records

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Committee on Graduate School Policy (CGSP), established in 1950, is a standing committee of the faculty that exercises general overview of graduate programs and students working for advanced degrees. Its responsibilities include: providing guidance on admissions policies and procedures; granting scholarship and fellowship awards; advising on the conditions of appointment to graduate student staff; evaluating proposals and making recommendations to the faculty on the adoption of new graduate degree programs; evaluating proposals for the termination of existing programs; and making recommendations on calendar changes, examinations, and grading. The Committee on Graduate School Policy consists of the dean of the Graduate School as chair, the associate dean of the Graduate School, the dean of student affairs, the director of admissions, the associate chair of the faculty, the registrar, one elected member of the faculty from each department authorized to recommend candidates for advanced degrees, one member of Whitaker College faculty, and any additional member nominated by the president upon the recommendation of the dean of the Graduate School to represent interdepartmental fields of study. Some of the responsibilities of the CGSP were carried out by its predecessors: the Committee on Advanced Degrees and Fellowships, 1901-1923; the Committee on Graduate Courses and Fellowships, 1923-1932; and the Committee on the Graduate School, 1932-1950.