Insights on Diversity & Inclusion
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"Diverse perspectives are a catalyst for innovation. When we limit diversity in graduate education, we bind innovative scholarship and research."
Bill Andrefsky
Edward R. Meyer Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Former Graduate Dean, Washington State University
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"Increasing student diversity requires not only diversifying the pipeline and the faculty, but also implementing holistic admissions, developing strong institutional support with advising and mentoring programs, and fostering an inclusive community."
Michael Cunningham
Associate Provost for Graduate Studies and Research and Professor of Psychology and Africana Studies at Tulane University, and Chair of the GRE Board Services Committee
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"Programs struggling to increase diversity and inclusion can be successful by avoiding short-cut solutions and learning from other institutions that have done it well."
Janet Rutledge
Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), and GRE Board Past Chair
Can Holistic Admissions Help Increase Student Diversity?
Four graduate school deans discuss the role that holistic admissions, inclusive of GRE® scores, can have in:
- Balancing strengths and weaknesses of various components of the application packet
- Being fair to applicants and achieving diversity goals
- Recognizing disparities in educational opportunities
- Mitigating reviewer bias
Learn more about implementing a holistic admissions process that is fair and inclusive.
A Commitment to Fairness and Equity
Expanding access to graduate education has always been our mission. ETS takes a 360 approach to ensuring its tests are fair, secure and accessible so that every test taker has equitable opportunity to demonstrate their skills.
Resources from the Graduate Community
Tulane University: Making Campus Diversity Real — Starting in Kindergarten
Michael Cunningham, Associate Provost for Graduate Studies and Research and Professor of Psychology and Africana Studies, asserts that longstanding, uncomfortable institutional issues must be addressed with a multipronged plan of action rather than shortcut solutions.
University of Maryland, Baltimore County: Getting Real About Graduate Diversity and Inclusion
Janet Rutledge, Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School, shares key strategies that, when supported by a sustained and concerted effort, are proven to help graduate schools increase diversity.
University of Texas at Austin: Prioritizing Diversity in Graduate Education
Mark J.T. Smith, Dean of the Graduate School and Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, shares his experience fostering diverse and inclusive communities at Purdue University and UT Austin.
University of Illinois: Diversifying Graduate Education
Wojtek Chodzko-Zajko, Dean of the Graduate College and the Shahid and Ann Carlson Khan Endowed Professor of Applied Health Sciences, shares a 22-step plan to achieve diversity goals, from increasing access to ensuring student success.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Diversity and Student Success (DSS) Program
Maria Dykema Erb and Kathy Wood, co-directors of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Diversity and Student Success program, share the philosophy behind diverse graduate student success through community building, personal and professional development, and funding assistance.
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