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Download full textGrandy, Jerilee – 1994
This document presents statistics and supplementary tables based on information from the files of the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) Program. It includes information about the ethnic and gender differences in numbers and percentages of test takers, undergraduate majors, intended graduate fields of study, highest degree planned, and…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Entrance Examinations, College Students, Educational Trends
Peer reviewedCentra, John A. – American Educational Research Journal, 1980
Degree objectives of prospective graduate students from eight ethnic groups were investigated using the Graduate Record Examinations(GRE) registrant population of 1976-1977. GRE scores, undergraduate grade point average (GPA), and being a male were important predictors of students' expectations of obtaining a doctor's rather than a master's…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Doctoral Degrees, Ethnic Groups, Grade Point Average
Centra, John A. – 1979
The degree objectives of prospective graduate students from the various ethnic groups were investigated in this study by using the extensive (200,000 plus) Graduate Record Examination (GRE) registrant population of 1976-1977. GRE scores, undergraduate grade point average, and being a male were the important predictors of students' expectations of…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Aspiration, American Indians, Asian Americans
