{"id":39423,"date":"2016-01-05T09:37:23","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T14:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=39423"},"modified":"2016-01-06T08:53:54","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T13:53:54","slug":"wright-states-r-william-ayres-inducted-into-key-government-panel-of-council-of-graduate-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2016\/01\/05\/wright-states-r-william-ayres-inducted-into-key-government-panel-of-council-of-graduate-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Wright State\u2019s R. William Ayres inducted into key government panel of Council of Graduate Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"
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R. William Ayres, associate dean of Wright State University\u2019s Graduate School.<\/p><\/div>\n

R. William Ayres, associate dean of Wright State University\u2019s Graduate School<\/a>, has been inducted into the Council of Graduate Schools\u2019 Government Relations Advisory Committee.<\/p>\n

Ayres was inducted for a two-year term during the council\u2019s annual meeting in Seattle in December.<\/p>\n

Robert Fyffe, vice president for research and dean of the Graduate School, said Ayres\u2019 appointment elevates the visibility of Wright State and will give the university a better understanding of, and voice in, state and federal policy changes affecting graduate education.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an added opportunity to go and get the Wright State name in front of people at the federal level,\u201d Ayres said.<\/p>\n

Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the Council of Graduate Schools consists of U.S. universities that account for more than 90 percent of the nation\u2019s graduate degrees. Its mission is to advance graduate education and promote U.S. competitiveness in the global economy. It provides resources for its members, including hosting conferences and conducting studies.<\/p>\n

The council\u2019s Government Relations Advisory Committee advocates for graduate education with state and national policymakers.<\/p>\n

Ayres joins committee members from the University of Iowa, University of Washington, Florida State University, University of Houston, Rutgers University, University of California-San Francisco, South Dakota State University and the University of Tennessee Chattanooga.<\/p>\n

In addition to four annual teleconferences to discuss issues, the committee members will gather in Washington, D.C., in April to meet with lawmakers on Capitol Hill to discuss graduate education.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really looking forward to learning more about the interface with governments at the federal level as well as the state level,\u201d said Ayres. \u201cWe spend a lot of time advocating for what we do, explaining what graduate education does. Why wouldn\u2019t we want to communicate that to people who control resources that we might be able to get some of?\u201d<\/p>\n

Ayres said matters up for discussion include funding issues, including the recent lack of growth in the budgets of the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of it goes to support graduate education,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd the need continues to grow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other issues include federal policies on the salaries of postdoctoral students, taxes on the subsidizing of health insurance for graduate students and questions about whether visas for international students in STEM fields will remain extended, making U.S. graduate programs more attractive to the students.<\/p>\n

Ayres has long been a champion of graduate education.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople go to college to get a bachelor\u2019s degree. You become educated broadly and become competent in a field,\u201d he said. \u201cYou go to graduate school to become an expert. This is where expertise comes from. This is where it resides.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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