If it is desirable, a DGS may recommend that additional advisers in the program be appointed. A DGS who is to be absent from the University for as long as a semester must inform the Dean so that a substitute may be appointed. A more detailed description of the role and responsibilities of the Director of Graduate Studies is available in the Graduate School office. An area which wishes to establish a new graduate program or modify an existing one must submit its program to the Graduate Council, which will make a recommendation concerning it to the Graduate Faculty. Extended campus graduate degree programs shall be reviewed periodically and their effectiveness assessed during regular institutional unit reviews, or, when circumstances warrant, by a special review process initiated by the Dean of the Graduate School.
Several departments offer graduate degree programs or courses to extended-campus sites.
Through its Office of Extended-Campus Graduate Programs, the Graduate School provides coordination and support activities for the sites and assures a high standard of graduate work. All extended-campus graduate programs function within the policies and rules of the Graduate School. The Academic Common Market Kentucky is a participating state in The Academic Common Market, an interstate agreement among Southern states for sharing academic programs. Students who qualify for admission may enroll in a specific program in another Academic Common Market state on an in-state tuition basis. At present, the agreement has been limited to unusual graduate programs.