{"693371":{"#nid":"693371","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Help Shape the Future of Georgia Tech: 2026 Graduate Student Experience Survey","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe 2026 Graduate Student Experience Survey is your chance to play an essential role in shaping the future of Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn October 20, every graduate student will find an email in their student inbox from \u201cQualtrics\u201d with the subject line \u201c2026 Graduate Student Experience Survey.\u201d This email contains a unique URL, which provides direct access to the survey.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe strongly encourage you to participate in this survey,\u201d said James Black, Executive Director of Graduate Student Success in the Office of Graduate Education. \u201cYour input is crucial in helping us understand the current state of graduate student life and identify areas for improvement. Together, we can work towards making Georgia Tech an even better place for graduate education.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe survey is conducted once every few years to quantify various factors that impact the experiences of graduate students at Georgia Tech. The last survey was conducted in 2023. This survey is incredibly important. Institute leaders will utilize this data to make strategic investments in programs, support, and resources to improve the graduate student experience in the future. Previous surveys have led to many positive changes including:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli data-list-item-id=\u0022ec2e985a489fdc3c2c641a7b5da6aee02\u0022\u003E$2M in funding for stipend increases the year after the 2023 survey\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli data-list-item-id=\u0022e73f34cb0f4df6f34a46161a3179e466d\u0022\u003E\u201cImproving the graduate student experience\u201d added to the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gradpostdoc.gatech.edu\/mission-and-strategic-initiatives\/isp-progress-tracker\u0022\u003EInstitute Strategic Plan\u003C\/a\u003E yielding new mentoring-in-research programs, increases in the health-insurance subsidies, more graduate student career education, and more transparency in graduate student employment policies and offer letters\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli data-list-item-id=\u0022e2d045836d39f4ead09de7fbcb65d911a\u0022\u003ENew \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gradgatech.navigate.eab.com\/\u0022\u003ENavigate360\u003C\/a\u003E graduate student advising platform\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAll responses are confidential and will never be attributed to a specific person; results will only be presented in an aggregate form.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EQuestions about the survey can be directed to \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto: grad.ask@grad.gatech.edu.\u0022\u003Egrad.ask@grad.gatech.edu.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe 2023 Graduate Student Experience Survey is your chance to play an essential role in shaping the future of Georgia Tech.\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The 2026 Graduate Student Experience Survey is your chance to play an essential role in shaping the future of Georgia Tech.\u00a0"}],"uid":"28757","created_gmt":"2026-10-21 19:48:09","changed_gmt":"2026-10-21 20:04:48","author":"James Black","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2026-10-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-10-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"681507":{"id":"681507","type":"image","title":"2026-GSES-Graphic.jpg","body":null,"created":"1792612318","gmt_created":"2026-10-21 19:51:58","changed":"1792612318","gmt_changed":"2026-10-21 19:51:58","alt":"a logo with the text \u0022grad student experience survey 2026\u0022 superimposed on a circle","file":{"fid":"265917","name":"2026-GSES-Graphic.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/10\/21\/2026-GSES-Graphic.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/10\/21\/2026-GSES-Graphic.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":64129,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/10\/21\/2026-GSES-Graphic.jpg?itok=fZseU_tU"}}},"media_ids":["681507"],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1808","name":"graduate students"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:grad.ask@grad.gatech.edu?subject=2026 Graduate Student Experience Survey\u0022\u003EJames Black\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EExecutive Director of Graduate Student Success\u003Cbr\u003EOffice of Graduate and Postdoctoral Education\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}