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Advancing Diversity via Graduate Admission

Advancing Diversity via Graduate Admission. CK Cheng and Gary Cottrell UC San Diego Feb. 2012. Graduate Admission with Diversity. Graduate program becomes popular with the advance of the technology and globalization. Graduate program has the flexibility for admission

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Advancing Diversity via Graduate Admission

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  1. Advancing Diversity via Graduate Admission CK Cheng and Gary Cottrell UC San Diego Feb. 2012

  2. Graduate Admission with Diversity • Graduate program becomes popular with the advance of the technology and globalization. • Graduate program has the flexibility for admission • Diversity of graduate students is critical for education • Research Assistants • Teaching Assistants • Attendees of special topics

  3. Outlines • Looking for the Best Talent with an Open Mind • An Example from 2010 CSE MS Admission • Enriching Student Group • Remarks

  4. I. Looking for the Best Talent Admission: Recruit the best talent Diversity: Recruit the best with an open mind What are our metrics? • Schools, GPA, GRE, References • CV, Statement

  5. Looking for the Best Talent (2) Whom are we looking for? • MS graduates • MS with potential for Ph.D. program • MS with potential to shine in the world The metrics for the above may not be consistent. • Motivation, Perseverance • Diverse Talents, Sportsmanship • Leadership, Entrepreneurship

  6. Read beyond the scores: UIC’s inadvertent experiment “There is some data that some minority students who do poorly their first year (even bad enough to be expelled or put on probation) can ultimately succeed once they've made an adjustment.   One of the reasons we know this I think is because of a database glitch -- when the university changed database systems:  students who should have been expelled or put on probation were not. Eventually the bug was fixed, but a surprising number of these students went on to complete degrees (which probably wouldn't have happened if the system had been working correctly).” –J. Lillis, UIC

  7. What does GRE scores tell? • Percent Below 1000 • 86% of African Americans 76% of Puerto Ricans • 69% of Mexican Americans 61% of American Indian and Hispanic • 48% US Citizens 39% Non-US Citizens • My take on this: This is a preparation problem, not an ability problem.

  8. What does GPA tell? SFSU MS URM Bridge students with low entering GPA’s “Students with Promise”, F. Bayliss, SFSU After masters?

  9. “Students with Promise”, F. Bayliss, SFSU SFSU MS URM Bridge students with low entering GPA’s

  10. II. An Example from 2010 CSE MS Admission Admission with diversity makes differences • Statistics of 2010 MS Admission of CSE Department, UCSD • Observations

  11. Data of 2010 CSE MS Admission

  12. Observations of 2010 MS Adm • Female student percentage significantly higher than among B.S. graduates nationwide. • Several African-American and other minority students. • Domestic students from universities including Caltech, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Yale, CMU, and MIT • Foreign students from universities including the Ecole Polytechnique and Tsinghua, • Countries including Kazakhstan, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, and Zimbabwe

  13. Observations of 2010 MS Adm (2) • The MS program advances diversity; the PhD and AESE programs do not. • The MS is more selective than the Rady MBA, and much more selective than CMU Silicon Valley. • Compared to the MS program, the AESE program is low-fee and has low workload. • The regular CSE programs are staffed very leanly compared to the CMU, Rady, and AESE programs.

  14. III. Enriching Student Group • Pool of Minority Students • Bridge Program • Diversity Admission

  15. Top Minority Baccalaureate Producers(2005 -2006)

  16. Opportunities for UC Campuses Partner with CSU Campus(es) Students w/ poor undergraduate performance and Significant productive research (RA/MS) Liberal Arts BA -> Rigorous 2nd BS Late Bloomer (strong documented letters) Post-Bac or MS with strong performance Strong undergraduate grade performance Significant Post-bacc research Rigorous training/courses Admit CSU applicants with promise (see next slide)

  17. Opportunities for CSU Campuses

  18. Admission with Diversity There is no magic: –Charles E. • legal affirmative action in the sense of positive efforts to prevent inadvertent discrimination. • double-checking minority and female applicant files to make sure that reviews have not been misinformed. • holistic review based on whatever strengths are present in a file.

  19. Admission with Diversity (2) Adding diversity to our program is a strength, but diversity includes anything out of the majority, such as a double major in music, being a veteran, being a refugee, being from Goldman Sachs. Overcoming obstacles is also a strength, e.g. graduating from a hearing college despite being deaf, or despite having been a foster child. –Charles E.

  20. IV. Remark • Create the best 2012 MS class • Look for the best with an open mind • Enrich the student group • MS admission makes huge differences for our Department. • Pool for Ph.D. program • MS thesis for research • Pool for Teaching Assistants • Attendees for special subjects • Diversity helps us all • Funding, Promotion, Education

  21. Thank you for your attention! Best Wishes for 2012 Admission!

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