{"id":337,"date":"2015-01-27T16:12:35","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T22:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/communication-disorders\/?p=337"},"modified":"2015-01-27T16:24:05","modified_gmt":"2015-01-27T22:24:05","slug":"baggs-and-barnett-publish-seminal-article-on-grad-admissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/communication-disorders\/2015\/01\/27\/baggs-and-barnett-publish-seminal-article-on-grad-admissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Baggs and Barnett Publish Seminal Article on Grad Admissions"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Baggs<\/a>Finding the perfect fit in graduate programs has become increasingly difficult as the number of graduate applications swell across the nation.\u00a0 Graduate program admissions commitees are faced with the difficult task of predicting which applicants will be successful graduate students.<\/p>\n

Dr. Terry Baggs and Dr. Denise Barnett, along with Dr. Kim McCullough from Appalachian State University, are poised to publish an article that tackled the problem of predicting student success in grad school.\u00a0 Coming out in the March issue of Journal of Allied Health<\/em>, this article considered numerous cognitive variables used when making admissions decisions:\u00a0 grade point averages, GRE scores, and grades in communication disorders courses.\u00a0 These variables were compared to the student\u2019s Praxis score upon their finishing the graduate program of study.\u00a0 Dr. Baggs explains that \u201cthe Praxis score doesn\u2019t necessarily indicate that an individual is a good clinician, but graduate programs are assessed on their Praxis pass rates<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

The largest study of its kind in speech-language pathology, the research team considered admissions data from four graduate programs in speech-language pathology (ACU, Harding University, Arkansas State University, and the University of Central Arkansas) to assess the relationships among grades, GRE scores, and the Praxis.<\/p>\n

So, what were their findings?\u00a0 The researchers were able to predict with an astounding 87% accuracy whether a student would pass or fail the Praxis on the first attempt based solely on the student\u2019s grades in undergraduate physical sciences and speech-hearing science classes and total score on the GRE.\u00a0 \u201cThis doesn\u2019t mean that other things aren\u2019t important<\/em>,\u201d says Dr. Baggs, \u201cbut it emphasizes the importance of certain variables in predicting academic success<\/em>.\u201d\u00a0 According to Dr. Baggs, this research has been helpful in implementing strategies for streamlining the admissions process and balancing their approach with both academic and more subjective variables.\u00a0 For example, they now require an interview for those applicants who have made it to the final stages of the application process.\u00a0 Their careful attention to balancing academic and personal variables help to find applicants who are likely to become successful clinicians.\u00a0 The article reference is: \u00a0Journal of Allied Health 2015; 44(1):10-16.<\/p>\n

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