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Ethell Vereen; Munichia McCalla; Joshua Fullerton; Cynthia Trawick – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2023
Although many summer undergraduate research programs made the decision to delay, cancel, or suspend their summer experiences in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Morehouse College McNair Scholars Program instead offered a completely virtual summer research experience to 14 Scholars with faculty-led remote research. The program…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Student Research, Undergraduate Students, Pandemics
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Cunningham-Williams, Renee M.; Wideman, Ellie S.; Fields, LaShawnda; Jones, Brittni D. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2018
Besides traditional admissions criteria, research-intensive social work PhD programs may rely on personal interviews and curriculum vitae or resumes to gauge prior research experience to determine applicants' fit for the research-related productivity expected in their programs. Case record review of social work PhD candidates (n=56) entering the…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Research, Social Work, Productivity
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Fifolt, Matthew; Engler, Jeffrey; Abbott, Gypsy – College and University, 2014
In 2007 and 2010, the National Research Council reported that the United States was not producing enough graduates in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields to meet the demands of an increasingly competitive global economy. Despite recent challenges to these findings, one thing remains clear: Underrepresented…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Disproportionate Representation, Science Careers, Graduate Students
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Rockinson-Szapkiw, Amanda J.; Bray, Oliver R., Jr.; Spaulding, Lucinda S. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2014
This study examines how GRE scores can be used to better understand Education doctoral candidates' methodology choices for the dissertation as well as their persistence behaviors. Candidates' of one online doctoral education program were examined. Results of a MANOVA suggested that there is no difference in GRE scores based on doctoral candidates'…
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, Doctoral Programs, College Entrance Examinations, Success
Clark, Mary Jo – 1981
The average Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) Aptitude Test scores of test-takers who had their scores sent to 57 history and 60 chemistry departments in 1972-73 ("scores senders") are compared with the average Aptitude Test scores of first-year students who enrolled in these departments in the fall of 1973 ("enrolled…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Chemistry, Correlation, Graduate Study
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Noble, John H., Jr.; Hepler, Juanita B. – Evaluation Review, 1990
The abbreviated (less-than-two-year) advanced-standing program in social work education was evaluated based on studies indicating that holders of bachelors' degrees in social work perform better than others in graduate social work programs. Admissions office record data allowed proper assessment of undergraduate grade inflation and graduate record…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Admission Criteria, Advanced Placement Programs, Bachelors Degrees