F5.1 Graduate Council Student Parent Policies

Updated: April 23rd, 2012

In 2007, the Graduate Council approved a policy entitled “Parental Accommodations for Research Doctoral Students.”  The full text is available on the Graduate Division website (http://grad.berkeley.edu/policies/guides/memo-doctoral-parent/).

The Graduate Council of the Academic Senate revised its 2003 policy to urge academic departments to be as generous as possible in accommodating student parents.  The policy establishes minimum standards of accommodation. Research doctoral students who are undergoing childbirth or coping with other serious parenting demands must be granted additional time to meet established deadlines for passing preliminary and/or qualifying examinations and completing their dissertations.  Please see the Graduate Division website for more information (http://grad.berkeley.edu/policies/guides/memo-parent-policies/).

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