Open AccessSELECTING SUCCESSFUL GRADUATE STUDENTS: IN‐DEPTH INTERVIEWS WITH GRE ® USERS
Author(s) -
Walpole MaryBeth,
Burton Nancy W.,
Kanyi Kamau,
Jackenthal Altamese
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
ets research report series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.235
H-Index - 5
ISSN - 2330-8516
DOI - 10.1002/j.2333-8504.2002.tb01875.x
Subject(s) - graduate students , psychology , medical education , test (biology) , mathematics education , subject (documents) , pedagogy , computer science , library science , medicine , paleontology , biology
This study analyzed interviews with over 100 graduate school staff and faculty in 26 disciplines and 20 institutions who use the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE ® ). The interviews covered admissions and admissions‐related topics, such as recruitment, retention, and measurement of student success in graduate school. Interviewees consider the GRE General Test to be a useful common standard for students with widely differing backgrounds. In contrast, GRE Subject Tests, although considered to be strong evidence of discipline‐specific knowledge, are being used less in a competitive environment. Graduate programs want more information about the language skills – particularly writing and speaking skills – and personal qualities of applicants, and better information about international students.