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| Abstract Title: | Understanding graduate school selection process in prospective students' perspectives |
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| Abstract: | The admission process guiding entry to graduate education is complicated for some students. Also, going to a graduate school can require adjusting to the new social environment. Additionally, graduate school is a commitment in terms of time and integrity towards graduate course-work and research. So, undergraduate students often compare multiple factors before making graduate school decisions. Understanding graduate school decision making in prospective students' perspectives is important for departments to attract potential graduate students and support their graduate cohort. In this study, we identify undergraduate physics majors interested in graduate physics education from our recent admissions survey, and study their motivations to graduate education, and what criteria are considered important by them in their graduate school selection. Further, we examine how these students perceive the importance of different admission criteria for a successful application, and compare those with faculty perceptions. We further study these questions for subsamples of under-represented racial groups in physics. |
| Abstract Type: | Symposium Talk |
| Parallel Session: | Researching Graduate Education in Physics: From Aspiration to Dissertation |
| Parallel Session: | Parallel Sessions Cluster II |
| Contributed Paper Record: | Contributed Paper Information |
| Contributed Paper Download: | Download Contributed Paper |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Deepa Chari STEM Transformation Institute, Florida International University Miami, FL |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Geoff Potvin |
