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(Non)cognitive Dissonance? A Stakeholder-Based Exploration of the Consideration of Graduate Admissions Applicants' Personal Skills and Qualities

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العنوان: (Non)cognitive Dissonance? A Stakeholder-Based Exploration of the Consideration of Graduate Admissions Applicants' Personal Skills and Qualities
اللغة: English
المؤلفون: Reginald M. Gooch, Joseph H. Paris, Sara B. Haviland, Jose Sotelo
المصدر: Journal of College Access. 2024 9(1):25-42.
الإتاحة: Journal of College Access. 1903 W. Michigan Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI 49008. Web site: http://scholarworks.wmich.edu/jcaTest/
تمت مراجعته من قبل الزملاء: Y
Page Count: 19
تاريخ النشر: 2024
نوع الوثيقة: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
الواصفات: Graduate Students, Enrollment Management, College Applicants, Graduate Study, Admission Criteria, Student Characteristics, Equal Education, Student Responsibility, Academic Persistence, Resilience (Psychology), Soft Skills, 21st Century Skills, Evaluation Methods
تدمد: 2333-715X
مستخلص: Prospective graduate students' noncognitive attributes are commonly evaluated as a part of a holistic review of their admission applications. Yet it is difficult to determine which noncognitive attributes are considered by those who evaluate graduate admissions applications and what approaches they take to measure applicants' noncognitive attributes. It is even less clear to what degree prospective graduate students understand how they are evaluated for graduate admissions and how the evaluation of their noncognitive attributes factor into admissions decisions. Drawing on surveys of graduate enrollment management (GEM) professionals and prospective graduate students in the United States, our study investigated the noncognitive attributes prospective graduate students and GEM professionals deem important to success in graduate school and the application components each group believes demonstrate those attributes. Results suggest that some alignment exists between the perspectives of prospective graduate students and GEM professionals on the noncognitive attributes most important for completing a graduate program of study. We share recommendations for improving the agreement between prospective graduate students and GEM professionals including the need for more explicit and transparent communication about how graduate admissions applications are evaluated, which is of particular importance as admissions processes forgo the consideration of applicants' race.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2024
رقم الانضمام: EJ1424757
قاعدة البيانات: ERIC