Patricia Gumport addressing the Faculty Senate about graduate education on Thursday. (Image credit: L.A. Cicero)
The Faculty Senate voted Thursday to allow individual Stanford schools to decide whether they will require scores from the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) for graduate admission, replacing a university-wide requirement with school-by-school discretion.
The senate also adopted two policy changes aimed at strengthening academic advising for graduate students. One change requires each academic department to articulate its advising expectations for both faculty and students; the other refines who can serve as the principal dissertation adviser for a doctoral student.
The actions came in a meeting devoted almost entirely to…
