{"635955":{"#nid":"635955","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"#GeoGRExit: Why Geosciences Programs Are Dropping the GRE","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, the percentage of underrepresented minority graduate applicants increased from a low within the past 8 years of 6% to 13% in 2020, the first applicant pool after the program dropped its GRE requirement. Of the accepted applications this spring, 23% were from underrepresented minorities, compared with 5%\u0026ndash;18% over the past 8 years.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34528","created_gmt":"2020-06-04 15:41:40","changed_gmt":"2020-06-04 15:41:40","author":"jhunt7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Jessica Taetle","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/eos.org\/opinions\/geogrexit-why-geosciences-programs-are-dropping-the-gre","dateline":{"date":"2020-06-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-06-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}