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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
Peer reviewedPowers, Donald E. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1985
After adjusting for different background characteristics of students, effects on test scores were related to the length and type of test coaching programs offered. The data suggest that the test item types in the Graduate Record Examination General Test appear to show little susceptibility to formal coaching experiences. (Author/DWH)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Academic Aspiration, Aptitude Tests, College Entrance Examinations
Pennock-Roman, Maria – 1994
Background characteristics and future plans of average and above average Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) General test takers are described for the various racial and ethnic groups. Characteristics included: (1) percentage of females; (2) undergraduate college major and grades; (3) intended field of graduate study; (4) graduate degree objective;…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Students, Educational Background, Educational Planning
Grandy, Jerilee – 1990
This study analyzed data from a survey conducted in 1987. The sample consisted of 2,136 examinees who took the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) during 1986-87. The purpose was to determine how well the intended field-of-study item in the GRE background questionnaire can be relied on as an indicator of what examinees will actually study in…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Background, Blacks, Career Choice
Wenglinsky, Harold – 1997
Few studies have compared the educational experiences and outcomes of students attending historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) to those of students attending traditionally white institutions. This study consists of three analyses that contain some justification for the continued existence of HBCUs, threatened by court decisions that…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Black Colleges, Black Students, Career Choice
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
