The Graduate College provides information on best practices to enrich the graduate experience for students and faculty.

How to create an International Accelerated Degree Program (IADP)

Arizona State University (ASU) works with leading international partner universities to develop collaborative-degree programs like IADPs. This best practice guide walks you through how to create an International Accelerated Degree Program.

Nine tips for getting the most out of the iPOS

The Interactive Plan of Study (iPOS) allows graduate students to plan and navigate their degree program through graduation, including the selection of their committee. This best practice guide provides nine tips for getting the most out of the iPOS system.

10 Best Practices in Graduate Student Well-being

This document helps outline the initiation stage of the mentoring relationship and the key elements of a mentoring agreement.

Creating a Mentoring Agreement

This document helps outline the initiation stage of the mentoring relationship and the key elements of a mentoring agreement.

Goal Setting

This document helps highlight the desired objectives of the mentoring relationship. Goals can be personal, academic, professional or a combination.

Initiating Mentoring Relationships

There are three stages of formal mentoring relationships; initiation, cultivation and culmination.

Intentional Conversations

Mentoring relationships are based on intentional, goal-driven conversations. Follow these six strategies for more productive mentorship.

Nine Best Practices for Mentors

This document provides guidelines for expanding your skillsets as a mentor.

Top 12 Considerations for Designing New Academic Programs

This document provides guidelines for expanding your skillsets as a mentor.

Key considerations for creating academic plans

This document provides guidelines in creating academic plans, submitting through Curriculum ChangeMaker and writing a compelling proposal.

Best Practice Tips for Preparing Learning Outcomes and Measures for Academic Plans

These guidelines help ensure your plan is as clear and strategic as possible.

Guidelines for onboarding new online graduate programs

If you are starting an online program or adding online delivery, consider these guidelines.

Knowledge Mobilization: 10 Tips on How to Conceptualize Your Knowledge Mobilization Efforts

How will your research impact the world?

The Mentoring Connection: Choosing a mentoring program

This best practice document outlines ways to classify and think about mentoring, helping you to foster successful strategies for your mentoring relationship.

The Mentoring Connection: Peer mentoring

Mentoring has been identified as one of the most effective ways of bolstering graduate student success and persistence.

How to prepare effective graduate program handbooks

The deadline for graduate program handbook submission to the Graduate College is July 1, 2018.

JumpStart master’s program approach using innovative specializations to grow new degrees

Take a look at how you can leverage existing master's programs for new degrees.

Committee Approval Requests Will Now Use DocuSign

Download the best practice quick guide for using DocuSign for Committee Approval Requests.

Best Practices for Peer Mentoring

Graduate school is designed to challenge and expose students to multiple perspectives.