Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • CAREER NEWS

US geoscience programmes drop controversial admissions test

A standardized exam is under fire amid claims that it perpetuates bias and exclusion.
By
  1. Virginia Gewin

    1. Virginia Gewin is a freelance writer in Portland, Oregon.

Access through your institution
Buy or subscribe

Geoscience graduate programmes across the United States are increasingly dropping a controversial standardized test from their admissions requirements.

Access options

Access through your institution

Rent or buy this article

Prices vary by article type

from$1.95

to$39.95

Learn more

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Nature 584, 157 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-02181-z

References

  1. Petersen, S. L., Erenrich, E. S., Levine, D. L., Vigoreaux, J. & Gile, K. PLoS ONE 13, e0206570 (2018).

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Subjects

Latest on:

Nature Careers

Jobs

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing

Search

Advanced search

Quick links