Leveraging Information Technology To Enhance The Management Of Graduate Education Programs

Properly managing graduate engineering programs can significantly enhance the educational experience of graduate students and help ensure that they are able to focus on their academic studies. This paper offers improvements to graduate program processes that leverage information technology and enhance the graduate scholarly experience. Two major areas of enhancements are presented. The first area is in the recruitment and admission processing of graduate students. Administering graduate student financial aid is the second area. The efficiency and effectiveness of these enhanced services are documented. The Structured Query Language (SQL) was used to build a relational database to implement these improvements. Similar procedures could easily be incorporated for use at other educational institutions.