Year Published: 2019
Researchers are urging universities across the United States to find a new way to identify the next generation of scientists. A new study discovered that traditional admissions metrics for physics Ph.D. programs such as the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) do not predict completion and hurt the growth of diversity in physics, which is already the least diverse of the sciences.
Resource Author(s): Casey W. Miller, Benjamin M. Zwickl, Julie R. Posselt, Rachel T. Silvestrini, Theodore Hodapp
Resource Topic(s): Inclusion, Recruitment, Students
Resource Types: recommendations, reference
Resource Audience(s): academic institution, educator, event organizer, manager, mentor, policymaker, program facilitator, scientific organization, student
