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Eliminación de un obstáculo para la equidad
1Anna Mapp is the Edwin Vedejs Collegiate Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry, Research Professor in the Life Sciences Institute, and Associate Dean of Biological and Health Sciences at the Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|April 28, 2022
Resumen
La Universidad de Michigan eliminó el requisito del Examen de Registro de Graduados (GRE) para los solicitantes de programas de doctorado. Este movimiento es un paso significativo hacia procesos de admisión más equitativos y holísticos en la educación superior.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Política de educación superior
- Prácticas de admisión
- Equidad educativa
Sus antecedentes:
- El Examen de Registro de Graduados (GRE) ha sido un requisito de larga data para las admisiones a los programas de doctorado de las universidades estadounidenses.
- Persiste la preocupación por el impacto del GRE en la diversidad y la evaluación equitativa de los solicitantes.
- Las pruebas estandarizadas pueden no capturar completamente el potencial de un candidato o abordar las barreras educativas sistémicas.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para informar sobre la decisión histórica de la Universidad de Michigan de eliminar el requisito de GRE para los programas de doctorado no profesionales.
- Discutir las implicaciones de este cambio de política para la equidad de admisión.
- Abogar por la adopción de una revisión holística en las admisiones universitarias.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis de las políticas relativas a los requisitos de admisión a las universidades.
- Discusión del impacto de las pruebas estandarizadas en la equidad.
- Examen de la revisión holística como una estrategia de admisión alternativa.
Principales resultados:
- La Universidad de Michigan es la primera universidad estadounidense en eliminar el requisito de GRE para programas de doctorado no profesionales.
- Esta decisión supone un paso hacia una evaluación más completa de las cualificaciones de los solicitantes.
- El cambio reconoce que los puntajes del GRE por sí solos no determinan el éxito o el potencial de un candidato.
Conclusiones:
- La eliminación del requisito del GRE es un paso crucial, pero no una solución completa a las inequidades de admisión.
- Un proceso de revisión integral, considerando todos los aspectos de los antecedentes y el potencial de un candidato, es esencial para lograr la equidad educativa.
- Las universidades de todo el país deberían considerar la adopción de prácticas de admisión holísticas similares para promover una mayor equidad en las oportunidades educativas.
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