![]() | Inside Graduate Admissions: Merit, Diversity, and Faculty Gatekeeping Subjects: Universities and colleges -- United States -- Graduate work -- Admission; Discrimination in higher education -- United States; Minorities -- Education (Higher) -- United States; Universities and colleges -- United States -- Faculty; Teacher participation; How does graduate admissions work? Who does the system work for, and who falls through its cracks? More people than ever seek graduate degrees, but little has been written about who gets in and why. Drawing on firsthand observations of admission committees and interviews with faculty in 10 top-ranked doctoral programs in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, education professor Julie Posselt pulls back the curtain on a process usually conducted in secret. Posselt Julie R. : Julie R. Posselt is Assistant Professor of Higher Education at the University of Michigan. |
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