Exploring the Impact of GRE-Accepting Admissions on Law School Diversity and Selectivity

Autor/inn/en	Rosinger, Kelly Ochs; Ford, Karly S.; Posselt, Julie; Choi, Junghee
Titel	Exploring the Impact of GRE-Accepting Admissions on Law School Diversity and Selectivity
Quelle	In: Review of Higher Education, 46 (2022) 1, S.109-144 (36 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-5748
Schlagwörter	College Entrance Examinations; Graduate Study; Law Schools; Admission Criteria; Diversity (Institutional); Selective Admission; Barriers; Racial Differences; Legal Education (Professions); Standardized Tests; Educational Change; Graduate Students; African American Students; Hispanic American Students; American Indian Students; Alaska Natives; Educational Policy; Graduate Record Examinations; Law School Admission Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aufnahmeprüfung; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Admission; Admission procedures; Zulassungsbedingung; Zulassungsverfahren; Zulassung; Bildungsselektion; Rassenunterschied; Juristischer Beruf; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Bildungsreform; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Studentin; African Americans; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Inuit; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Law school; Assessment; Admission criteria; Rechtswissenschaft; Fachbereich; Eignungsprüfung; Eignungstest; Hochschulzulassung
Abstract	Reducing barriers to graduate and professional education may reduce racial inequities in high-status professions. In 2020, one-quarter of law schools accepted the GRE in place of the LSAT, reflecting an effort across educational domains to revisit standardized test requirements. We use a generalized difference-in-differences design to investigate the impact of GRE-accepting admissions on diversity and selectivity in legal education. We find some evidence of decreased racial diversity after policies have been in place a couple of years, along with increases in applications and decreases in acceptance rates. Findings indicate GRE-accepting admissions alone are unlikely to expand access to high-status fields. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01