The GRE in Public Health Admissions: Barriers, Waivers, and Moving Forward
In the wake of COVID-19, there is an urgent need for a diverse public health work force to address problems presented or exacerbated by the global pandemic. Educational programs that create our work force both train and shape the makeup of access through graduate applications. The Graduate Record Ex...
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description | In the wake of COVID-19, there is an urgent need for a diverse public health work force to address problems presented or exacerbated by the global pandemic. Educational programs that create our work force both train and shape the makeup of access through graduate applications. The Graduate Record Exam has a number of standing issues, with additional barriers created by the pandemic. We trace the GRE waiver movement over several years, focusing on the gradual adoption in CEPH accredited programs and the rapid expansion of temporary waivers as a response to testing access. Going forward, we need to consider gaps in waivers during the pandemic and how this data can be used to shape our future use of the GRE. |
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spelling | doaj.art-22af33e518724e51a034655e7ec2c8242022-12-21T19:17:51ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652020-11-01810.3389/fpubh.2020.609599609599The GRE in Public Health Admissions: Barriers, Waivers, and Moving ForwardJess A. Millar0Jess A. Millar1Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United StatesDepartment of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United StatesIn the wake of COVID-19, there is an urgent need for a diverse public health work force to address problems presented or exacerbated by the global pandemic. Educational programs that create our work force both train and shape the makeup of access through graduate applications. The Graduate Record Exam has a number of standing issues, with additional barriers created by the pandemic. We trace the GRE waiver movement over several years, focusing on the gradual adoption in CEPH accredited programs and the rapid expansion of temporary waivers as a response to testing access. Going forward, we need to consider gaps in waivers during the pandemic and how this data can be used to shape our future use of the GRE.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2020.609599/fullGREwaivergraduate record examinationgraduate applicationspublic healthSPH |
spellingShingle | Jess A. Millar Jess A. Millar The GRE in Public Health Admissions: Barriers, Waivers, and Moving Forward Frontiers in Public Health GRE waiver graduate record examination graduate applications public health SPH |
title | The GRE in Public Health Admissions: Barriers, Waivers, and Moving Forward |
title_full | The GRE in Public Health Admissions: Barriers, Waivers, and Moving Forward |
title_fullStr | The GRE in Public Health Admissions: Barriers, Waivers, and Moving Forward |
title_full_unstemmed | The GRE in Public Health Admissions: Barriers, Waivers, and Moving Forward |
title_short | The GRE in Public Health Admissions: Barriers, Waivers, and Moving Forward |
title_sort | gre in public health admissions barriers waivers and moving forward |
topic | GRE waiver graduate record examination graduate applications public health SPH |
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