cpsylist: FW: Graduate Application Changes

[Benedict McWhirter]

Hi all faculty, staff, and students-

See notes below regarding questions and information requested by the institution.
Just keeping you informed and in case any of us receive additional questions from any prospective student.
Thanks!
Benedict


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Benedict T. McWhirter, Ph.D.
Professor, Counseling Psychology and Prevention Science
Program Director, Counseling Psychology Program
College of Education
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon, 97403-5251
U.S.A.
benmcw at uoregon.edu<mailto:benmcw at uoregon.edu>
541-346-2410

From: grad-heads-bounces at lists.uoregon.edu [mailto:grad-heads-bounces at lists.uoregon.edu] On Behalf Of Cortney McIntyre-Trent
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2017 1:08 PM
To: grad-heads at lists.uoregon.edu; grad-dir at lists.uoregon.edu; grad-sec at lists.uoregon.edu
Subject: grad-heads: Graduate Application Changes

Hello Everyone,

I'm writing with important updates about the graduate application.

You may remember that last year, we were required to add Criminal & Disciplinary History questions to the graduate admissions application. The President's Office has requested that these questions be removed effective immediately and so graduate (and undergraduate) applicants to the University of Oregon are no longer being asked for this information.

This summer, we are adding state mandated questions regarding gender identity and sexual orientation to the graduate application. The purpose of collecting this data is to assess and increase resources for the LGBTQIA+ community. We currently ask for gender, with the possible responses of Yes/No only. This question will be changed to, "What is your legal sex?" and the responses will remain as Yes/No. Following that question will be the attached questions and responses, including the preface paragraph. Please note that answering these questions is voluntary. To protect the privacy of applicants, individual identifying data will only be shared with limited staff in offices that are responsible for data collection for the institution. Aggregate data will be available only to administrative departments at the institution, and reported to the state when requested. More information can be found here: https://gradschool.uoregon.edu/gender-data-collection

Please don't hesitate to contact me with questions.

Best regards,
Cortney

Cortney McIntyre
Admissions & Communications Manager
University of Oregon Graduate School
cortneym at uoregon.edu<mailto:cortneym at uoregon.edu>
541.346.5134
gradschool.uoregon.edu
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