The graduate faculty in various programs handle admission and classification of graduate students, establish requirements for advanced degrees, and have charge of instruction and research at the graduate level. All graduate courses offered for major or nonmajor credit are taught by graduate faculty members or graduate lecturers. The graduate faculty include the president, the provost, vice provosts and associate provosts, the dean and associate deans of the Graduate College, deans and associate deans of the other eight colleges, the deans of library services, and the directors and associate directors of research institutes as members. Executive officers of departments, assistant deans, and other members of the faculty may be elected to membership in recognition of accomplishments in their respective disciplines. For more information on graduate faculty membership, see Appendix F .
DOGEs are the graduate program coordinators of majors and interdepartmental programs.
DOGEs may be department executive officers or other members of the graduate faculty. Periodic meetings of the DOGEs are scheduled during the academic year for announcements and to exchange information about graduate education and research. Recruitment of graduate students, sources of support, and academic policies are also reviewed at DOGE meetings. The Graduate Council is a representative body consisting of fifteen elected members of the graduate faculty and four elected graduate student members. The Graduate Council serves as the executive committee of the graduate faculty and sets policy that concerns the direction and process of graduate education at Iowa State University.