Thrive. Learn. Connect.
At Grad TLC we offer coaching, consulting, and online blended courses to foster community, flourishing, and scholarly success for graduate students.
Mission
We help graduate students LEARN and THRIVE by
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partnering with programs, schools and institutions to create tailored resources​
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providing on-line courses and supportive communities, consultation, and coaching, as a complement to academic curricula
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promoting effective teaching, learning, mentoring, and well-being in graduate education
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helping all Masters, Professional, and Doctoral students work toward meaningful goals, develop supportive relationships, and cultivate skills to succeed in and beyond the academy
Why GradTLC?
Graduate students hail from all over the world with incredible strengths and rich life experiences, and they are an essential part of campus communities. Universities cannot run without graduate students’ teaching, mentoring, and research work.
However, too often universities and programs don’t do enough to meet grad students’ distinct challenges and needs. Only about half of all doctoral students complete their programs within six years (Clarke & Lunt, 2014), and graduate students are more than six times as likely to experience depression and anxiety as the general population (Evans et al., 2018). Indeed, lack of institutional support can manifest in lengthy time to degree, attrition, high stress, and feelings of loneliness that can hinder learning and thriving (Sverdlik et al., 2018).
As experts in teaching and learning, well-being, and graduate education, we are here to help. We partner with universities to offer holistic supports to Masters, Doctoral, and Professional students and we also work directly with students to help them identify and move toward authentic goals. Check out our offerings, below, to learn more.
We partner with universities to offer high touch courses to help graduate students unpack the hidden curriculum of graduate education and thrive; we also offer courses directly to students (coming soon)
We consult with universities to support their graduate students with effective programs that mitigate the need to hire full-time administrators
We offer 1:1 coaching and peer coaching (coming soon!) for graduate students, either through partnerships with universities or directly to students
Clarke, G. & I. Lunt (2014). International Comparisons in Postgraduate Education: Quality, Access and Employment Outcomes. HEFCE.
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Evans, T. M., Bira, L., Gastelum, J. B., Weiss, L. T. & Vanderford, N. L.(2018). Evidence for a mental health crisis in graduate education. Nature Biotechnology, 36, 282-284.
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Sverdlik, A., Hall, N. C., McAlpine, L., & Hubbard, K. (2018). The PhD Experience: A Review of the Factors Influencing Doctoral Students’ Completion, Achievement, and Well-Being. International Journal of Doctoral Studies, 13, 362-388.