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Graduate and Professional Schools Luncheon PresenterWednesday, 11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.Rooms 349/350, Level 300“Trends in Graduate Education”Graduate education is undergoing some important changes. This session will explore some of thetrends in graduate enrollment and degrees, including changes by student demographic characteristics,institutional characteristics, and fields of study. This session will also highlight some of the research andbest practices work being conducted to better understand degree completion, financial education, andcareer pathways of graduate degree holders.PLENARY SPEAKRSJeff AllumDirector of Research andPolicy Analysis, Council ofGraduate SchoolsJeff Allum is the director ofresearch and policy analysisat the Council of GraduateSchools. He oversees theannual CGS/GRE Surveyof Graduate Enrollmentand Degrees, as well as three annual InternationalGraduate Admissions surveys. He is the co-directorof CGS’ Doctoral Initiative on Minority Attritionand Completion, and co-PI of the CGS project onUnderstanding PhD Career Pathways for ProgramImprovement. While at CGS, he has performedresearch regarding enrollment, degrees, and studentoutcomes in Professional Science Master’s (PSM)programs, and was the project director of CGS’project on Completion and Attrition in STEMMaster’s Programs. Allum also provides support tovarious CGS Best Practices projects, including theproject on Enhancing Student Financial Education.Allum spent seven years with the AmericanChemical Society where he led an array of education,employment, and member research studies. Healso served as the director of implementation at theNational Skill Standards Board, a board of business,education, labor, and public policy executivescharged by the U.S. Congress with implementinga competency-based education reform. He hasprovided research and evaluation consultation ontopics including intergenerational learning, youthdevelopment, and alternative education. Allumhas worked and studied both domestically andinternationally, and he has been an instructor ofeducation policy at the graduate level. He earnedhis doctorate in education policy from GeorgeWashington University.101 ST ANNUAL MEETING • Driving Student Success Initiatives in Higher Education 31