It's Time to Eliminate the GRE and PGRE in All Astronomy & Astrophysics PhD Programs: Motivation, Implementation and Outcomes

Adam J. Burgasser,Alicia N. Aarnio,Kevork N. Abazajian,Marcel A. Agüeros,Joseph Andrew Barranco,Zachory K. Berta-Thompson,Benjamin P. Brown,Caitlin M. Casey,David Charbonneau,Kim Coble,Megan Donahue,Sarah C. Gallagher,Jenny E. Greene,Sarah M. Hörst,Quinn Konopacky,Casey W. Miller,Jackie Monkiewicz,Julie Posselt,Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz,Emily Rauscher,Seth Redfield,Alexander L. Rudolph,Karin Sandstrom,Aparna Venkatesan

It's Time to Eliminate the GRE and PGRE in All Astronomy & Astrophysics PhD Programs: Motivation, Implementation and Outcomes

2019

The GRE and Physics GRE are standard admission diagnostics for Physics and Astronomy graduate programs, despite research showing no correlations with key graduate outcomes but reinforced inequalities for underrepresented groups. We call on all Astronomy and Physics programs to eliminate or make optional the GRE and PGRE in graduate admissions.

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