Research Mentor Learning Communities, Summer 2026

Delta’s Research Mentor Learning Communities are for graduate students and postdocs who are mentoring and for whom mentoring may be an important part of their future career. Several sections available, online or in-person.

Research Mentor Learning Communities, Spring 2026

Delta’s Research Mentor Learning Communities are for graduate students and postdocs who are mentoring and for whom mentoring may be an important part of their future career. Several sections available, online or in-person.

Best Practices in Community-Engaged Scholarship

Community-engaged scholarship (CES) captures a broad understanding of the possibilities to learn, teach, and do research through academic-community collaboration. Use this course to integrate service learning or community-based learning frameworks and activities into your own current or future course, project, or proposal. Wednesdays 10-11:30am, starting September 3.

Introduction to Higher Education

Examines the history and philosophy of higher and postsecondary education; the major participants; curriculum; governance and leadership; relations with state and federal government; and current issues. Two sections are offered in fall 2025: Wednesdays 4:40-7:10pm, and Mondays 7:15-9:45pm.

Graduate School Strategic Plan for Graduate Education at UW–Madison 2023-2028

To improve the quality and clarity of our shared priorities in graduate education, the Graduate School started a collaborative process in 2022 to develop a strategic plan for graduate education at UW–Madison. The process engaged the graduate education community and Graduate School staff through focus groups and surveys, and the resulting vision, mission, values, priorities, and initiatives for 2023-2028 follow.