Physics Graduate Record Exam does not help applicants “stand out”

Young, Nicholas T.; Caballero, Marcos D.

doi:10.1103/physrevphyseducres.17.010144

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“…Students who take the GRE can be helped or hurt by it as well. In a study of applicants at 'Big 10' programs in the Midwest, it was discovered that students who had managed to score highly on the GRE, yet had a low GPA, were more likely to be admitted over their peers who maintained a high GPA but lacked on the GRE (Young & Caballero, 2021).…”

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Graduate program collaborations to identify and cultivate graduate enrollment best practices

Ford,

Ingalsbe,

Hanvey

2024

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Determining best practices for graduate enrollment requires continuous dedication by graduate enrollment personnel to identify innovative and relevant recruitment strategies to attract potential graduate applicants. The dynamic landscape of higher education creates further complexity as these best practices must also align with institutional expectations and the expectations of those overseeing graduate academic programs. To establish a robust enrollment strategy, it is crucial for graduate program officers and graduate enrollment personnel to establish a collaborative relationship that supports timely and ongoing dialogues to attract and retain quality admissions candidates. This manuscript explores how graduate enrollment personnel at a mid‐size regional institution collaborate with graduate program officers to achieve the enrollment goals of the institution and to support continued program growth.Practical Takeaways Establishing collaborative relationships between graduate program officers and graduate enrollment personnel are essential to support program growth and the continuous evaluation of admissions criteria to promote holistic admissions. Recognizing the diverse expectations of applicants and establishing a graduate enrollment framework that allows for individual program needs creates a supportive environment that encourages program growth. The elimination of extraneous admissions requirements can support program growth without negatively impacting the quality of applicants. Supporting graduate program officers throughout the graduate enrollment process is imperative to foster positive experiences for applicants throughout and following the admissions cycle.

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Graduate program collaborations to identify and cultivate graduate enrollment best practices

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Ingalsbe,

Hanvey

2024

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“…We also obtained these ratings as compiled by the graduate chair. More details about the process and the rubric can be found in Young et al [22].…”

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“…In addition, we manually went through the applications for this cohort to extract the same information as was available for the cohort planning to enroll between 2014-2017 to form a comparative data set. Details of the process and data handling are also described in Young et al [22]. Applications from the 2014-2017 cohort were not available to us and hence, we could not perform the same process for that cohort.…”

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“…Initial results from physics and related disciplines such as engineering suggest that rubric-based holistic admissions can achieve these goals and may lead to increased rates of admission for women and students of minoritized races and ethnicities [21][22][23]. However, it is difficult to know whether the rubrics are changing the underlying inequitable admissions process currently in use or if they are merely new tools to perpetuate the same inequities.…”

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Rubric-based holistic review represents a change from traditional graduate admissions approaches in physics

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Quantitative Methods in PER

Stewart

Hansen

Ding

2023

The International Handbook of Physics Education Research: Special Topics

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Quantitative research methods have a rich history in Physics Education Research (PER). This chapter takes the reader through some of that history and outlines the most commonly used methods in the field including inferential and descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, Type I and Type II error, classical test theory, factor analysis, item response theory, linear and logistic regression, hierarchical linear modeling, structural equation modeling, cluster analysis, machine learning, and network analysis. A short description of each technique is provided followed by a brief summary of some the studies within PER that have applied the method.

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Physics Graduate Record Exam does not help applicants “stand out”

Cited by 8 publications

References 26 publications

Graduate program collaborations to identify and cultivate graduate enrollment best practices

Graduate program collaborations to identify and cultivate graduate enrollment best practices

Rubric-based holistic review represents a change from traditional graduate admissions approaches in physics

Quantitative Methods in PER

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