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Many graduate programs struggle to craft admission criteria that ensure incoming students already possess the prerequisites for success. This study evaluates commonly used graduate admission measures, focusing on GRE, and tests how they relate to academic performance for early and mid-career professional students using data from a U.S. MPA program.","| education policy analysis archives\u003Cbr>A peer-reviewed, independent, open access, multilingual journal | |\n| --- | --- |\n| Arizona State University |  |\n| Volume 22 Number 101 November 17th, 2014 ISSN 1068-2341 |  |\n\nAssessing Admission Criteria for Early and Mid-Career Students: Evidence from a U.S . MPA Program  \nRajeev Darolia  \nStephanie Potochnick  \n&  \nCharles E. Menifield  \nUniversity of Missouri  \nUnited States  \nCitation: Darolia, R., Potochnick, S., & Menifield, C. (2014). Assessing admission criteria for early and mid-career students: Evidence from a U.S. MPA program. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 22(101). [http://dx.doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v22.1599](http://dx.doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v22.1599)  \nAbstract: As applications for graduate and professional degree programs have reached unprecedented levels over the past decade, the applicant pool has become more diverse with more mid-career students deciding to return to school. Given the growth and diversification of the graduate applicant pool, many graduate programs are struggling to develop stronger admission package criteria that assure students admitted to their program have the pre-requisite skills needed to succeed. We examine which commonly used graduate admission criteria, particularly the Graduate Record Exam (GRE), correlate with the academic performance of both early and mid-career professional students. Using data from student files from a southeastern U.S. graduate public administration program, we find that the GRE score, undergraduate grade point average, and type of undergraduate institution are good predictors of graduate performance, but that the value of these admission criteria differs for early and midcareer students.  \nJournal website: [http://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/ ](http://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/  Manuscript)[ Manuscript](http://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/  Manuscript) received: 1/15/2014  \nFacebook: /EPAAA Revisions received: 5/28/2014  \nTwitter: @epaa_aape Accepted: 6/30/2014  \nEducation Policy Analysis Archives Vol. 22 No. 101 2  \nKeywords: Adult students; Graduate education; Graduate admissions criteria.  \nLa evaluación de los criterios de admisión para estudiantes principiantes y en la mitad de la carrera profesional: Evidencia de un Programa MPA en los EE.UU.  \nResumen: Las aplicaciones para los programas de posgrado han alcanzado niveles sin precedentes en la última década, el número de solicitantes se ha vuelto más diverso, con más estudiantes en la mitad de sus carreras profesionales tomando la decisión de regresar a la universidad. Dado el crecimiento y la diversificación del grupo de solicitantes de postgrado, muchos programas de estánluchando para desarrollar criterios de admisión de más fuertes que aseguren los estudiantes admitidos en sus programas tienen las habilidades y pre-requisitos necesarios para ser exitosos en susestudios. Examinamos los criterios de admisión de posgrado comúnmente utilizados, en particular el Graduate Record Exam (GRE), y como se correlacionan con el rendimiento académico de los estudiantes, tanto principiantes como los profesionales a mitad de carrera. El uso de datos de losarchivos del estudiante de un programa de administración pública de posgrado de del sudeste Estados Unidos, encontramos que la puntuación de GRE, el promedio de las notas y el tipo de institución de pregrado son buenos predictores para el desempeño en posgrado, pero que el valor deestos criterios de admisión difieren para estudiantes principiantes y estudiantes a mitad de carrera. 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