The National Association of Graduate-Professional Students (NAGPS) is a national organization representing over 250,000 students from over 40 major universities across the United States. NAGPS strives to provide resources for graduate student associations, to directly assist students and to advocate on their behalf at the state and national levels.

National Association of Graduate-

Professional Students, Inc.

PO Box 96503 #36821

Washington, DC 20090-6503

e-mail: office@nagps.org
phone: 202-596-9035

How NAGPS Helps

NAGPS empowers students and student organizations by providing resources, information and leadership.

Leadership
Through annual national and regional conferences, NAGPS organizies graduate and professional students and organizations.

Health & Welfare
We offer a low-cost group health insurance plan as well as vision & dental discount plans. (More...)

Research
Our 2000 National Doctoral Program Survey funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation gathered unique information on the educational experiences and outcome of nearly 33,000 in the U.S. and Canada. View the results at: http://survey.nagps.org/

Advocacy

Members of Congress consult NAGPS regularly. We actively work to preserve and expand federal student aid and other governmental programs and policies that benefit graduate and professional students.

NAGPS sponsors Legislative Action Days each February and October. Briefing materials are prepared for all attendees, meetings scheduled with the offices of their home state Representatives and Senators and a reception on Capitol Hill is held to talk informally with Congressional Staff and members of the higher education community. Because of the geographic range of NAGPS members, we are able to raise NAGPS' visibility on a national scale.

Discounts
Through collective bargaining NAGPS is able to secure discounts and services to our members. This includes discounts on health and auto insurance, periodicals, research resources, travel services, among others. (More...)

Awareness

NAGPS media relations have improved the image of graduate students throughout the United States, via mainstream and campus media. Each April, NAGPS sponsors Graduate & Professional Student Appreciation Week in cooperation with sister organizations in Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom.

History
NAGPS has advocated for students for over 20 years. The organization was founded after students began discussing the need for a national organization for graduate and professional students while attending a National Teaching Assistant Training Conference at The Ohio State University. Following these fateful events, the organization emerged and in March of 1987 the first national conference was held at Washington State University. This first meeting established the name of the new organization, The National Association of Graduate-Professional Students (NAGPS) and elected a conference coordinator, information exchange coordinator, and six regional coordinators. Read More...