Referrals will no longer be generated. The departments will calculate the UGPA, and verify degrees and transcripts for those students they are going to admit. Departments will be accountable for graduate admissions. Julie Shih's office at the Graduate School received almost 30 responses on this proposal. A minority of departments feel that the proposed changes would speed up the admissions process allowing quicker decisions which would improve their recruitment.
Some departments are willing to be a part of a pilot testing group.
In view of these enthusiastic responses, the Admissions Office decided to have an open discussion with all colleges and departments about how to improve the current graduate admissions processing system. Please come to the meeting and join the discussion.