The role of the Graduate Dean and the Ombudsperson in conflict resolution between graduate students and their main advisers should be made better known to students. To a far greater degree than the undergraduates, graduate students depend on the library as a research facility. Specifically in regard to graduate education, the situation with the Library is felt to be below acceptable standards for a research university to the extent that it has been near the point of losing its research library status. Funding is woefully low and the physical environment of Rivera is considered by many to be substandard. Funding for both books and journals needs to be increased immediately.
Graduate work differs greatly from undergraduate work.
There needs to be more attention to adequate graduate study and lab spaces, both within individual departments and within the various libraries. Computers now constitute a basic cost of education, and greater support for access to them needs to be provided. There has been discussion on campus about providing all undergraduates with computers. If this happens, graduate students should be included. If it does not, UCR should consider methods to allow entering graduate students to purchase good computers at reasonable prices, through loans, or with the help of financial aid packages.