Multi-institutional study of GRE scores as predictors of STEM PhD degree completion: GRE gets a low mark.

ABSTRACT: The process of selecting students likely to complete science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) doctoral programs has not changed greatly over the last few decades and still relies heavily on Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores in most U.S. universities. It has been long debated whether the GRE is an appropriate selection tool and whether overreliance on GRE scores may compromise admission of students historically underrepresented in STEM. Despite many concerns about the test, there are few studies examining the efficacy of the GRE in predicting PhD completion and even fewer examining this question in STEM fields. For the present study, we took advantage of a long-lived collaboration among institutions in the Northeast Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate

SUBMITTER: Petersen SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6205626 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature