112-481: The GRE physics test is an examination administered by the Educational Testing Service (ETS). The test attempts to determine the extent of the examinees' understanding of fundamental principles of physics and their ability to apply them to problem solving. Many graduate schools require applicants to take the exam and base admission decisions in part on the results. The scope of the test
224-459: A belief that simple mean score differences may not constitute evidence of bias unless the populations are known to be equal in ability. A more effective, accepted, and empirical approach is the analysis of differential test functioning, which examines the differences in item response theory curves for subgroups; the best approach for this is the DFIT framework. The GREs are criticized for not being
336-456: A better test taking experience. The new types of questions in the revised format are intended to test the skills needed in graduate and business schools programs. From July 2012 onwards GRE announced an option for users to customize their scores called ScoreSelect. The earliest versions of the GRE tested only for verbal and quantitative ability. For a number of years before October 2002, the GRE had
448-604: A bill creating a branch of Texas A&M to be in Abilene . However, the bill was repealed two years later during the next session after it was discovered Governor James E. Ferguson had falsely reported the site committee's choice of location. After new legislation passed in the state house and senate in 1921, Governor Pat Neff vetoed it, citing hard financial times in West Texas. Furious about Neff's veto, some in West Texas went so far as to recommend West Texas secede from
560-473: A black student in 1967, when Danny Hardaway was recruited to play for the Red Raiders football team. In 1970, Hortense W. Dixon became the first African American student to earn a doctorate from the university. In 1972 Emory Grant Davis became the first full-time African American faculty member. In the 1960s and 1970s, the university invested US$ 150 million in the campus to construct buildings for
672-416: A committee began searching for a site. When the committee's members visited Lubbock, they were overwhelmed to find residents lining the streets to show support for hosting the institution. That August, Lubbock was chosen on the first ballot over other area towns, including Floydada , Plainview , Big Spring , and Sweetwater . Construction of the college campus began on November 1, 1924. Ten days later,
784-419: A current score of roughly 314 (1301 prior score). Kaplan and Saccuzzo also state that "the GRE predict[s] neither clinical skill nor even the ability to solve real-world problems" (p. 303). In 2007, a study by a university found a correlation of .30 to .45 between the GRE and both first year and overall graduate GPA. The correlation between GRE score and graduate school completion rates ranged from .11 (for
896-739: A formalized exchange agreement with the State Records and Archives Department of Vietnam. This opens the door for a two-way exchange between the entities. There are over 516 student clubs and organizations at Texas Tech. Many students participate in Greek Life . Texas Tech Greek Life includes 12 Panhellenic Sororities and 24\2 InterFraternity Council Fraternities, as well as groups in the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) and Multicultural Greek Council (MGC). The Student Union Building, located centrally on campus,
1008-416: A mean of 3.55 with a standard deviation of 0.86. "Field-wise distribution" of test takers is "limited to those who earned their college degrees up to two years before the test date." ETS provides no score data for "non-traditional" students who have been out of school more than two years, although its own report "RR-99-16" indicated that 22% of all test takers in 1996 were over the age of 30. In addition to
1120-650: A medical school, the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center . It offers Schools of Allied Health Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy. While it is a discrete entity, separate from Texas Tech University, it offers joint degrees (such as MD/MBA) through coordination with the university. Further, the Health Sciences Center is on the university's main campus in Lubbock. In addition to
1232-402: A museum of ranching history. The site spans 27.5 acres (0.111 km ) and is home to 38 historic structures that have been restored to their original condition. Structures represented at the center include a linecamp, a dugout, a bunkhouse, a blacksmith shop, a cowchip house, a schoolhouse, corrals, shipping pens, windmills, chuckwagons, and a coal-burning locomotive. The university maintains
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#17327825270211344-630: A natural science research laboratory. It also operates the Val Verde County research site and the Lubbock Lake Landmark , an archaeological site and natural history preserve in the city of Lubbock. The site has evidence of 12,000 years of use by ancient cultures on the Llano Estacado (Southern High Plains), and allows visitors to watch active archaeological digs. Visiting scientists and tourists may also participate in
1456-412: A nearby test center, while those in more isolated areas may have to travel a few hours to an urban or university location. Many industrialized countries also have test centers, but at times test-takers must cross country borders. Critics have claimed that the computer-adaptive methodology may discourage some test takers since the question difficulty changes with performance. For example, if the test-taker
1568-597: A new $ 20 million Petroleum Engineering and Research building, a new building to house the Rawls College of Business, two new residence halls, a $ 3.5 million chapel, and extensive remodeling of the building that previously housed the Rawls College of Business. In 2021, construction began on the new $ 100 million, 125,000-square-foot Academic Sciences Building. The university system's endowment reached $ 1.043 billion in March 2014, surpassing one billion dollars for
1680-718: A number of libraries, some general-purpose and some dedicated to specific topics such as architecture and law. Among the most notable of these are the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library and the Vietnam Center and Archive , the nation's largest and most comprehensive collections of information on the Vietnam War . On August 17, 2007, the Vietnam Center and Archive became the first US institution to sign
1792-425: A reduced emphasis on rote vocabulary knowledge and the elimination of antonyms and analogies. Text completion items have replaced sentence completions and new reading question types allowing for the selection of multiple answers were added. The computer-based quantitative sections assess knowledge and reasoning skills taught in most Mathematics and Statistics courses in secondary schools . The quantitative test
1904-469: A scale of 0 to 6. The percentiles for the current General test and the concordance with the prior format are as follows. According to interpretive data published by ETS, from July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2018 about 2 million people have taken the test. Based on performance of individuals the mean and standard deviation of verbal section were 150.24 and 8.44. Whereas, mean and standard deviation for quantitative section were 153.07 and 9.24. Analytical writing has
2016-680: A separate Analytical Ability section which tested candidates on logical and analytical reasoning abilities. This section was replaced by the Analytical Writing Assessment. The computer-based GRE General Test consists of six sections. The first section is always the analytical writing section involving separately timed issue and argument tasks. The next five sections consist of two verbal reasoning sections, two quantitative reasoning sections, and either an experimental or research section. These five sections may occur in any order. The experimental section does not count towards
2128-554: A similar level of precision. The GRE has also been subjected to the same racial bias criticisms that have been lodged against other admissions tests. In 1998, The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education noted that the mean score for black test-takers in 1996 was 389 on the verbal section, 409 on the quantitative section, and 423 on the analytic, while white test-takers averaged 496, 538, and 564, respectively. The National Association of Test Directors Symposia in 2004 stated
2240-420: A spell-checker or other advanced features. Each essay is scored by at least two readers on a six-point holist scale . If the two scores are within one point, the average of the scores is taken. If the two scores differ by more than a point, a third reader examines the response. The test taker is given 30 minutes to write an essay about a selected topic. Issue topics are selected from a pool of questions, which
2352-417: A true measure of whether a student will be successful in graduate school. Robert Sternberg (now of Cornell University ; working at Yale University at the time of the study), a long-time critic of modern intelligence testing in general, found the GRE general test was weakly predictive of success in graduate studies in psychology. The strongest relationship was found for the now-defunct analytical portion of
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#17327825270212464-405: Is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". Research projects in the areas of pulsed power , strengthening national security, grid computing , resilience and adaptability, energy , advancing One Health , rural and urban development, and atmospheric sciences are among the most prominent at the university. The Institute for Critical Infrastructure Security
2576-446: Is a world-class collaborative research institute that works to solve the continuous problem of cyber-security interruptions in critical infrastructure systems. The Institute for One Health Innovation brings together experts from human, animal and environmental health to better understand how each interacts with the others, and thereby develop a more holistic approach to health for all. The Texas Tech Red Raiders are charter members of
2688-524: Is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business , is the university's business school. The college offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in business disciplines. In its 2016 "Best Grad Schools" rankings, U.S. News & World Report ranked the graduate business program 91st in the United States. The college's health organization management degree program
2800-490: Is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education . The School of Law is an American Bar Association -accredited law school on the main campus in Lubbock, and came in 2nd statewide in the 2013 Bar Examination pass rate with 95.45 percent. The school offers Juris Doctor degrees which can be earned in conjunction with Master of Business Administration or Master of Science degrees through
2912-983: Is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools . The university offers 150 bachelor's, 104 master's, and 59 doctoral degree programs. Texas Tech has seven regional campuses in Texas—in Amarillo , the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, El Paso, Fredericksburg , Junction , Marble Falls, and Waco. Texas Tech also has a satellite campus in Europe, in Seville, Spain , and one in Escazú , San José , Costa Rica . Additional study-abroad programs are offered in various countries, such as Denmark, England, France, and Italy. The Office of International Affairs supports and facilitates
3024-431: Is adaptive on a section-by-section basis, rather than question by question, so that the performance on the first verbal and math sections determines the difficulty of the second sections presented (excluding the experimental section). Overall, the test retained the sections and many of the question types from its predecessor, but the scoring scale was changed to a 130 to 170 scale (from a 200 to 800 scale). The cost to take
3136-403: Is considering for future use. Although the experimental section does not count towards the test-taker's score, it is unidentified and appears identical to the scored sections. Because test takers have no definite way of knowing which section is experimental, it is typically advised that test takers try their best and be focused on every section. Sometimes an identified research section at the end of
3248-469: Is in how old a GRE or GMAT score can be before it is no longer accepted. The standard is that scores cannot be more than 5 years old (e.g., Wharton , MIT Sloan , Columbia Business School ). Some GRE scores (usually pre-2002 ones) are accepted as qualifying evidence to intellectual clubs such as Intertel , Mensa and the Triple Nine Society , the minimum passing score depending on
3360-409: Is largely that of the first three years of a standard United States undergraduate physics curriculum, since many students who plan to continue to graduate school apply during the first half of the fourth year. It consists of 70 five-option multiple-choice questions covering subject areas including the first three years of undergraduate physics. The International System of Units (SI Units) is used in
3472-550: Is no experimental section on the paper-based test. The computer-based verbal sections assess reading comprehension, critical reasoning, and vocabulary usage. The verbal test is scored on a scale of 130–170, in 1-point increments. (Before August 2011, the scale was 200–800, in 10-point increments.) In a typical examination, each verbal section consists of 20 questions to be completed in 30 minutes. Each verbal section consists of about 6 text completion, 4 sentence equivalence, and 10 critical reading questions. The changes in 2011 include
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3584-792: Is now part of the Texas Tech University System , includes Schools of Allied Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. It has locations in four Texas cities in addition to the main campus in Lubbock. In 2011, the combined enrollment in the Texas Tech University System was greater than 42,000 students—a 48% increase since 2000. Chancellor Kent Hance reiterated plans for Texas Tech's main campus to reach enrollment of 40,000 students by 2020, with additional 5,000 students at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and 10,000 students at Angelo State University . In 1996,
3696-506: Is offered as a computer-based exam administered at testing centers and institution owned or authorized by Prometric . In the graduate school admissions process, the level of emphasis that is placed upon GRE scores varies widely among schools and departments. The importance of a GRE score can range from being a mere admission formality to an important selection factor. The GRE was significantly overhauled in August 2011, resulting in an exam that
3808-420: Is presented with remarkably easy questions halfway into the exam, they may infer that they are not performing well, which will influence their abilities as the exam continues, even though question difficulty is subjective. By contrast, standard testing methods may discourage students by giving them more difficult items earlier on. Critics have also stated that the computer-adaptive method of placing more weight on
3920-439: Is scored on a scale of 130–170, in 1-point increments (Before August 2011 the scale was 200–800, in 10-point increments). In a typical examination, each quantitative section consists of 20 questions to be completed in 35 minutes. Each quantitative section consists of about 8 quantitative comparisons, 9 problem solving items, and 3 data interpretation questions. The changes in 2011 include the addition of numeric entry items requiring
4032-667: Is the flagship institution of the five-institution Texas Tech University System . As of fall 2024, the university enrolled 40,969 students, making it the sixth-largest university in Texas. Over 25% of its undergraduate student population identifies as Hispanic , so the university has been designated a Hispanic-serving institution (HSI). The university offers degrees in more than 150 courses of study through 13 colleges and hosts 55 research centers and institutes. Texas Tech University has awarded nearly 325,000 degrees since 1927, including over 75,000 graduate and professional degrees. It
4144-689: Is the hub of daily student activity. It houses restaurants, coffee shops, a book store, meeting rooms, lecture halls, movie rooms, and study areas, as well as the offices and meeting rooms of several student organizations and the Student Government Association. Directly next to the Student Union Building is the School of Music , home of the Texas Tech Goin' Band from Raiderland . The 450-member band, which
4256-415: Is the sixth-largest university in Texas and the largest institution of higher education in the western two-thirds of the state. Altogether, the university has educated students from all 50 US states and over 100 foreign countries. Enrollment has continued to increase in recent years, and the university achieved Chancellor Kent Hance's goal to enroll 40,000 students by 2020. From 1927 through fiscal year 2023,
4368-573: The Big 12 Conference and compete in Division I for all varsity sports. The Red Raiders football team has made 41 bowl appearances, which is tied for 20th most of any university. The Lady Raiders basketball team won the 1993 NCAA Division I Tournament . The call to open a college in West Texas began shortly after settlers arrived in the area in the 1880s. In 1917, the Texas legislature passed
4480-698: The Board of Regents of Texas Tech University created the Texas Tech University System. Former State Senator John T. Montford , later of San Antonio , was selected as the first chancellor to lead the combined academic enterprise. Regents Chair Edward Whitacre Jr. stated the move was made due to the institution's size and complexity. "It's time," he said, "to take the university into the 21st century". The Texas Tech University system originally included Texas Tech University and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center . On November 6, 2007,
4592-522: The Board of Regents of the Texas Tech University System created the Texas Tech University Public Art Collection to enliven the campus environment and extend the university's educational mission. It is funded by using one percent of the estimated total cost of each new building on campus. The collection features pieces from artists such as Tom Otterness and Glenna Goodacre . In 2006, Public Art Review ranked
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4704-646: The Educational Testing Service was established in January, 1948, the Graduate Record Examination remained a project of the Carnegie Foundation." In 2006, ETS announced plans to make significant changes in the format of the GRE. Planned changes for the revised GRE included a longer testing time, a departure from computer-adaptive testing, a new grading scale, and an enhanced focus on reasoning skills and critical thinking for both
4816-567: The SAT , LSAT , and MCAT ), the use and weight of GRE scores vary considerably not only from school to school, but also from department to department and program to program. For instance, most business schools and economics programs require very high GRE or GMAT scores for entry, while engineering programs are known to allow more score variation. Liberal arts programs may only consider the applicant's verbal score, while mathematics and science programs may only consider quantitative ability. Some schools use
4928-575: The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law became the first law school to accept either the GRE or the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) from all applicants. The college made the decision after conducting a study showing that the GRE is a valid and reliable predictor of students' first-term law school grades. In the spring of 2017, Harvard Law School announced it was joining University of Arizona Law in accepting
5040-466: The 1970s were caused by the astronauts themselves. As they disturbed the light-colored soil on the moon, they exposed the darker soil underneath, which absorbed more sunlight. The university’s latest contribution is designed to help future astronauts avoid such mistakes. Nagihara’s Lunar Instrumentation for Subsurface Thermal Exploration with Rapidity, or LISTER, is a tool that can drill into the moon’s surface and measure underground temperatures. In 2019, it
5152-623: The 2022–23 admissions cycle. By late 2022, the trend had intensified. GRE score can be used for taking admission in MBA in foreign colleges. The GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test) is a computer-adaptive standardized test in mathematics and the English language for measuring aptitude to succeed academically in graduate business studies. Business schools commonly use the test as one of many selection criteria for admission into an MBA program. Starting in 2009, many business schools began accepting
5264-626: The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. On November 12, 2008, following a $ 25 million gift from AT&T in honor of alumnus Edward Whitacre Jr. , the college was formally renamed the Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering. The largest academic division on campus, the College of Arts & Sciences offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in a wide range of subjects from philosophy to mathematics. In 2004,
5376-571: The Board of Directors and many alumni, wanting to preserve the Double T , opposed it. Other names—University of the Southwest, Texas Technological College and State University, and The Texas University of Art, Science and Technology—were considered, but the Board of Directors chose Texas Tech University, submitting it to the state legislature in 1964. A failed move by Governor John Connally to have
5488-484: The College of Mass Communications and the College of Visual & Performing Arts were created from programs organized within the College of Arts & Sciences. The College of Mass Communications changed its name to the College of Media & Communication in 2012 and offers degrees in several areas, including advertising, journalism and electronic media, and public relations. The College of Visual & Performing Arts
5600-509: The GRE Program has published in its entirety. Individuals preparing for the GRE may access the pool of tasks on the ETS website. The test taker will be given an argument (i.e. a series of facts and considerations leading to a conclusion) and asked to write an essay that critiques the argument. Test takers are asked to consider the argument's logic and to make suggestions about how to improve
5712-551: The GRE in 2011. Changes include a new 130–170 scoring scale, the elimination of certain question types such as antonyms and analogies, the addition of an online calculator, and the elimination of the CAT format of question-by-question adjustment, in favor of a section by section adjustment. On August 1, 2011, the Revised GRE General test replaced General GRE test. The revised GRE is said to be better by design and provides
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#17327825270215824-465: The GRE in addition to the LSAT from applicants to its three-year J.D. program. After a trial cycle of GRE–free admissions for Fall 2021, University of California, Berkeley voted to drop the GRE requirement for most graduate program admissions for Fall 2022 as well. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor shortly followed announcing that they would drop the GRE requirements for Ph.D. admissions beginning with
5936-443: The GRE in admissions decisions, but not in funding decisions; others use it for selection of scholarship and fellowship candidates, but not for admissions. In some cases, the GRE may be a general requirement for graduate admissions imposed by the university, while particular departments may not consider the scores at all. Graduate schools will typically provide the average scores of previously admitted students and information about how
6048-432: The GRE in lieu of a GMAT score. Policies varied widely for several years. However, as of the 2014–2015 admissions season, most business schools accept both tests equally. Either a GMAT score or a GRE score can be submitted for an application to an MBA program. Business schools also accept either score for their other (non-MBA) Masters and Ph.D. programs. The primary issue on which business school test acceptance policies vary
6160-520: The GRE is considered in admissions and funding decisions. In some cases, programs have hard cut off requirements for the GRE; for example, the Yale Economics PhD program requires a minimum quantitative score of 160 to apply. The best way to ascertain how a particular school or program evaluates a GRE score in the admissions process is to contact the person in charge of graduate admissions for the specific program in question. In February 2016,
6272-482: The GRE use a test preparation company. Students who do not use these courses often rely on material from university text books, GRE preparation books, sample tests, and free web resources. While the general and subject tests are held at many undergraduate institutions, the computer-based general test can be held in over 1000 locations with appropriate technological accommodations. In the United States, students in major cities or from large universities will usually find
6384-543: The General Test, there are also three GRE Subject Tests testing knowledge in the specific areas of Mathematics , Physics , and Psychology . The length of each exam is 170 minutes. In the past, subject tests were also offered in the areas of Computer Science, Economics, Revised Education, Engineering, English Literature, French, Geography, Geology, German, History, Music, Political Science, Sociology, Spanish, and Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology . In April 1998,
6496-479: The Lubbock campus, TTUHSC has campuses in Abilene , Amarillo , El Paso , Dallas, and Odessa . The university is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity" and hosts 55 research centers and institutes. According to the National Science Foundation , Texas Tech had $ 226.7 million in research development funding and expenditures, ranking Texas Tech 120th in
6608-818: The Revised Education and Political Science exams were discontinued. In April 2000, the History and Sociology exams were discontinued; with Economics, Engineering, Music, and Geology being discontinued in April 2001. The Computer Science exam was discontinued after April 2013. Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology was discontinued in December 2016. The GRE Biology Test and GRE Literature in English Test tests were discontinued in May 2021. The GRE Chemistry Test
6720-688: The Texas Research Incentive Program, and the National Research University Benchmark Fund—provided $ 500 million in grants and matching funds during fiscal years 2010 and 2011. On September 2, 2009, the university announced it had received private gifts totaling $ 24.3 million. Of these, $ 21.5 million are eligible for match under the Texas Research Incentive Program. In late 2011 and throughout 2012–13, construction began on several new buildings on campus. The construction included
6832-597: The Texas Tech University Public Art Collection among the ten best university public art collections in the United States. The university also hosts the Museum of Texas Tech University , which was founded in 1929 and is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums . The museum is home to over eight million objects and specimens and houses the Moody Planetarium, art galleries, a sculpture court, and
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#17327825270216944-616: The U.S., its use for that purpose has fallen precipitously. The Graduate Record Examinations was "initiated in 1936 as a joint experiment in higher education by the graduate school deans of four Ivy League universities and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching ." The first universities to experiment with the test on their students were Harvard University , Yale University , Princeton University and Columbia University . The University of Wisconsin
7056-691: The University College was established. Formerly known as the College of Outreach and Distance Education, the college was created by bringing together the Division of Off-Campus Sites and the Division of Outreach and Distance Education. Texas Tech's six in-state satellite campuses are under the auspices of the college. Additionally, it oversees the Texas Tech University Independent School District . The Texas Tech University System also operates
7168-509: The adjacent Rawls College of Business. All graduate programs offered at Texas Tech University are overseen by the Graduate School , which was officially established in 1954. The university's Honors College allows select students to design a customized curriculum that incorporates a broad range of disciplines, and offers students the opportunity for early admission into Texas Tech University's medical and law schools. In September 2008,
7280-482: The beneficial qualities of wind and to mitigate its detrimental effects. The institute offers education in wind science and engineering to develop professionals who are experts in creating designs that deal effectively with problems caused by high winds. The institute established the nation's first Ph.D. program in Wind Science and Engineering in 2003. National Wind Institute researchers contributed significantly to
7392-672: The best graduate online engineering programs. The Lubbock campus is home to the main academic university, law school, and medical school ( Health Sciences Center ). It is one of two institutions (the other being UT Austin ) in Texas to have a graduate school, law school, and medical school on its main campus. The campus has Spanish Renaissance architecture . Many buildings on campus borrow architectural elements from those found at University de Alcalá in Alcalá de Henares , Spain, and Mission San José in San Antonio . A large section of
7504-801: The campus built between 1924 and 1951 is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Texas Technological College Historic District . This area is roughly bounded by 6th Street on the north, University Avenue on the east, 19th Street on the south, and Flint Street on the west. In 2008, the Professional Grounds Management Society awarded Texas Tech the Grand Award for excellence in grounds-keeping, and merit awards in 2007, 2010, and 2014. In 1998,
7616-763: The cornerstone of the Administration Building was laid in front of 20,000 people. Speakers at the event included Governor Pat Neff; Amon G. Carter ; Reverend E. E. Robinson, Colonel Ernest O. Thompson ; and Representative Richard M. Chitwood , the chairman of the House Education Committee, who became the first Texas Tech business manager. Chitwood served in the position only fifteen months; he died in November 1926. With an enrollment of 914 students—both men and women—Texas Technological College opened for classes on October 1, 1925. It
7728-498: The development of the Enhanced Fujita Scale for rating the strength of tornadoes. Texas Tech has made many contributions to NASA and the spaceflight industry. The university's Charles A. Bassett II Pulse Laboratory honors engineering alumnus and Gemini -era astronaut Charles A. Bassett II . In total, Texas Tech has helped to produce five astronauts including Bassett, Paul Lockhart , and Rick Husband ; Husband
7840-753: The discovery process. Lubbock Lake Landmark is a National Historic Landmark , which lists it on the National Register of Historic Places, and is a designated State Archaeological Landmark. Texas Tech is also the location of the Southwest Collection of historical archives and the sponsoring institution of the West Texas Historical Association . Located on the northern edge of the campus is the National Ranching Heritage Center ,
7952-464: The exam. The ETS published a report ("What is the Value of the GRE?") that points out the predictive value of the GRE on a student's index of success at the graduate level. The problem with earlier studies is the statistical phenomenon of restriction of range. A correlation coefficient is sensitive to the range sampled for the test. Specifically, if only students accepted to graduate programs are studied (in Sternberg & Williams and other research),
8064-473: The examinee to fill in the blank and multiple-choice items requiring the examinee to select multiple correct responses. The analytical writing section consists of two different essays, an "issue task" and an "argument task". The writing section is graded on a scale of 0–6, in half-point increments. The essays are written on a computer using a word processing program specifically designed by ETS. The program allows only basic computer functions and does not contain
8176-418: The fiber properties of cotton, the antibacterial properties of cotton fabric, and the development of chemical-warfare protective fabrics. The college has also created two grass variants, Shadow Turf, a drought-tolerant turf grass that thrives in shade, and Tech Turf (marketed as Turffalo), a turf grass with the rich color and texture of Bermuda and the resilience of buffalo grass . Research institutes at
8288-503: The final score but is not distinguished from the scored sections. Unlike the computer adaptive test before August 2011, the GRE General Test is a multistage test , where the examinee's performance on earlier sections determines the difficulty of subsequent sections, using a technique known as computer-adaptive testing . This format allows the examined person to freely move back and forth between questions within each section, and
8400-431: The first several questions is biased against test takers who typically perform poorly at the beginning of a test due to stress or confusion before becoming more comfortable as the exam continues. On the other hand, standard fixed-form tests could equally be said to be "biased" against students with less testing stamina since they would need to be approximately twice the length of an equivalent computer adaptive test to obtain
8512-851: The first time. In 2023, Texas voters approved the creation of a new funding mechanism, the Texas University Fund. Its $ 3.9 billion endowment was created by combining a one-time grant from the state’s budget surplus with the National Research University Fund, interest income from the Economic Stabilization Fund, and charitable contributions. Four Texas universities, including Texas Tech, initially qualified to receive TUF funds based on their research expenditures and doctoral degrees awarded annually. Texas Tech received approximately $ 44 million for fiscal year 2024. By enrollment, Texas Tech
8624-535: The future", although specific details regarding those changes were not initially announced. Changes to the GRE took effect on November 1, 2007, as ETS started to include new types of questions in the exam. The changes mostly centered on "fill in the blank" type answers for the mathematics section that requires the test-taker to fill in the blank directly, without being able to choose from a multiple choice list of answers. ETS announced plans to introduce two of these new types of questions in each quantitative section, while
8736-431: The institution's schools, except Law, became colleges. Texas Tech was integrated in the summer of 1961 when its first African-American student, Lucille S. Graves, was admitted. After its initial rejection of African-American students' enrollment and the threat of a lawsuit, the university enacted a policy to admit "all qualified applicants regardless of color". The university offered its first athletic scholarship to
8848-629: The international mission of Texas Tech University. It provides services for faculty and students, offers international educational and cultural experiences for the school and community, and contributes to the university's globalization process and its effort to grow as an international educational and research center. The International Cultural Center provides a continual series of conferences, lectures, art exhibitions, and performances. Texas Tech has expanded from its original four schools to comprise ten colleges and two schools. The Whitacre College of Engineering offers 10 engineering programs accredited by
8960-516: The library, foreign languages, social sciences, communications, philosophy, electrical and petroleum engineering, art, and architecture. Some other buildings were significantly expanded. On May 29, 1969, the 61st Texas Legislature created the Texas Tech University School of Medicine. The Texas Legislature expanded the medical school charter in 1979, creating the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center . TTUHSC, which
9072-484: The logic of the argument. Test takers are expected to address the logical flaws of the argument and not provide a personal opinion on the subject. The time allotted for this essay is 30 minutes. The Arguments are selected from a pool of topics, which the GRE Program has published in its entirety. Individuals preparing for the GRE may access the pool of tasks on the ETS website. The experimental section, which can be either verbal or quantitative, contains new questions ETS
9184-555: The majority of questions would be presented in the regular format. Since January 2008, the Reading Comprehension within the verbal sections has been reformatted, passages' "line numbers will be replaced with highlighting when necessary in order to focus the test taker on specific information in the passage" to "help students more easily find the pertinent information in reading passages." In December 2009, ETS announced plans to move forward with significant revisions to
9296-543: The nation. The National Wind Institute (formerly the Wind Science and Engineering Research Center or WISE) was established following the May 11, 1970, Lubbock Tornado that caused 26 fatalities and over $ 1.06 billion (2024 dollars) in damage in Lubbock. The National Wind Institute, which includes 56,000 square feet (5,200 m ) of indoor laboratory space, is focused on research, education, and information outreach. The interdisciplinary research program studies methods to exploit
9408-405: The now defunct analytical section) to .39 (for the GRE subject test). Correlations with faculty ratings ranged from .35 to .50. In May 1994, Kaplan, Inc warned ETS, in hearings before a New York legislative committee, that the small question pool available to the computer-adaptive test made it vulnerable to cheating. ETS assured investigators that it was using multiple sets of questions and that
9520-401: The quantitative and qualitative sections. On April 2, 2007, ETS announced the decision to cancel plans for revising the GRE. The announcement cited concerns over the ability to provide clear and equal access to the new test after the planned changes as an explanation for the cancellation. The ETS stated, however, that they did plan "to implement many of the planned test content improvements in
9632-420: The relationship is occluded. Validity coefficients range from .30 to .45 between the GRE and both first year and overall graduate GPA in ETS' study. Kaplan and Saccuzzo state that the criterion that the GRE best predicts is first-year grades in graduate school. However, this correlation is only in the high tens to low twenties. "If the test correlates with a criterion at the .4 level, then it accounts for 16% of
9744-490: The school placed into the Texas A&;M University System , as well as continued disagreement and heated debate over the school's new name, kept the name change from being approved. In spite of objections by many students and faculty, the Board of Directors again submitted the change in 1969. It finally received the legislature's approval on June 6, and the name Texas Tech University went into effect that September. All of
9856-610: The security problem. However, on December 31, ETS sued Kaplan, Inc. for violation of a federal electronic communications privacy act, copyright laws, breach of contract, fraud, and a confidentiality agreement signed by test-takers on test day. On January 2, 1995, an agreement was reached out of court. Texas Tech University Texas Tech University ( Texas Tech , Tech , or TTU ) is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas , United States. Established on February 10, 1923, and called Texas Technological College until 1969, it
9968-463: The selectivity of the society and the time period when the test was taken. Intertel accepts scores in the 99th percentile obtained after 2011, while Mensa and TNS do not accept any score post-September 2001. A variety of resources are available for those wishing to prepare for the GRE. ETS provides preparation software called PowerPrep, which contains two practice tests of retired questions, as well as further practice questions and review material. Since
10080-476: The software replicates both the test format and the questions used, it can be useful to predict the actual GRE scores. ETS does not license their past questions to any other company, making them the only source for official retired material. ETS used to publish the "BIG BOOK" which contained a number of actual GRE questions; however, this publishing was abandoned. Several companies provide courses, books, and other unofficial preparation materials. Some students taking
10192-523: The state. In 1923, the legislature decided, rather than a branch campus, a new university would better serve the region's needs under legislation co-authored by State Senator William H. Bledsoe of Lubbock and State Representative Roy Alvin Baldwin of Slaton in southern Lubbock County . On February 10, 1923, Neff signed the legislation creating Texas Technological College, and in July of that year,
10304-400: The test is US$ 205, although ETS will reduce the fee under certain circumstances. It also provides financial aid to GRE applicants who prove economic hardship. ETS does not release scores that are older than five years, although graduate program policies on the acceptance of scores older than five years will vary. Once almost universally required for admission to Ph.D. science programs in
10416-459: The test is given instead of the experimental section. There is no experimental section on the paper-based GRE. An examinee can miss one or more questions on a multiple-choice section and still receive a perfect score of 170. Likewise, even if no question is answered correctly, 130 is the lowest possible score. Verbal and quantative reasoning scores are given in one-point increments, and analytical writing scores are given in half-point increments on
10528-484: The test was secure. This was later discovered to be incorrect. In December 1994, prompted by student reports of recycled questions, then Director of GRE Programs for Kaplan, Inc and current CEO of Knewton , Jose Ferreira, led a team of 22 staff members deployed to 9 U.S. cities to take the exam. Kaplan, Inc then presented ETS with 150 questions, representing 70–80% of the GRE. According to early news releases, ETS appeared grateful to Stanley H. Kaplan, Inc. for identifying
10640-448: The test. A table of information representing various physical constants and conversion factors is presented in the test book. Graduate Record Examination The Graduate Record Examinations ( GRE ) is a standardized test that is part of the admissions process for many graduate schools in the United States and Canada and a few other countries. The GRE is owned and administered by Educational Testing Service (ETS). The test
10752-534: The testing software allows the user to "mark" questions within each section for later review if time remains. The entire testing procedure lasts about 3 hours 45 minutes. One-minute breaks are offered after each section and a 10-minute break after the third section. The paper-based GRE General Test also consists of six sections. The analytical writing is split up into two sections, one section for each issue and argument task. The next four sections consist of two verbal and two quantitative sections in varying order. There
10864-424: The university awarded 249,780 bachelor's, 55,265 master's, 10,357 doctoral, and 9,449 law degrees. As a public university, Texas Tech is subject to Texas House Bill 588 , which guarantees Texas high school seniors in the top 10% of their graduating class admission to any public Texas university. About half of incoming first-year students finish in the top quarter of their graduating classes. Texas Tech University
10976-687: The university has invested more than $ 548 million in new construction since 2000. It has also received more than $ 65.9 million in private donations. In April 2009, the Texas House of Representatives passed a bill to increase state funding for seven public universities. Texas Tech University was classified by the state as an "Emerging Research University", and was among the universities that received additional state funding for advancement toward "Tier 1" status. Three funds—the Research University Development Fund,
11088-561: The university include: Texas Tech offers online and regional programs in addition to programs offered on the main campus. There are programs that are fully online, hybrid/blended, and at regional sites. The university offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees, as well as a graduate certification preparation program, at the regional sites of El Paso, Fredericksburg, Highland Lakes, Center at Junction, and Waco. Texas Tech's online engineering program also gained recognition from U.S. News & World Report , ranking 20th on their list of
11200-472: The university was not immune to controversy. In 2003, a third-year student at the Texas Tech School of Law filed suit against the university over its policy on free speech zones , which restricted student speech to a single "free speech gazebo". The following year, a federal judge declared the policy unconstitutional . To meet the demands of its increased enrollment and expanding research,
11312-473: The variability in that criterion, with the other 84% resulting from unknown factors and errors" (p. 303). Graduate schools may be placing too much importance on standardized tests rather than on factors that more fully account for graduate school success, such as a thesis-requiring Honours degree , prior research experience, GPAs, or work experience. While graduate schools do consider these areas, many times schools will not consider applicants that score below
11424-559: The voters of Texas approved an amendment to the Texas Constitution realigning Angelo State University with the Texas Tech University System. Kent Hance , a Texas Tech graduate who had served as United States Representative and as one of the three elected members of the Texas Board which regulates the oil-and-gas industry , assumed the duties of chancellor on December 1, 2006. Although growth continued at Texas Tech,
11536-400: The war, in 1946, the college saw its enrollment leap to 5,366 from a low of 1,696 in 1943. By the 1960s, the school had expanded its offerings to more than just technical subjects. The Faculty Advisory Committee suggested changing the name to "Texas State University", feeling the phrase "Technological College" did not define the institution's scope. While most students supported this change,
11648-409: Was commander of STS-107 , the final flight of Space Shuttle Columbia . Texas Tech has partnered with NASA to perfect methods for growing fresh vegetables in space and to determine the most efficient ways to recycle wastewater. In 2018, faculty member Seiichi Nagihara and his team analyzed data from the 1970s lunar missions and found that incremental changes in the moon’s surface temperature during
11760-648: Was discontinued in May 2023. Many graduate schools in the United States require GRE results as part of the admissions process. The GRE is a standardized test intended to measure all graduates' abilities in tasks of general academic nature (regardless of their fields of specialization) and the extent to which undergraduate education has developed their verbal skills, quantitative skills, and abstract thinking . In addition to GRE scores, admission to graduate schools depends on several other factors, such as GPA , letters of recommendation, and statements of purpose. Furthermore, unlike other standardized admissions tests (such as
11872-474: Was established in 1936 by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching . According to ETS, the GRE aims to measure verbal reasoning , quantitative reasoning , analytical writing, and critical thinking skills that have been acquired over a long period of learning. The content of the GRE consists of certain specific data analysis or interpretation, arguments and reasoning, algebra , geometry, arithmetic , and vocabulary sections. The GRE General Test
11984-437: Was originally composed of four schools—Agriculture, Engineering, Home Economics, and Liberal Arts. Military training was conducted at the college as early as 1925, but formal Reserve Officers' Training Corps training did not start until 1936. By 1939, the school's enrollment had grown to 3,890. Although enrollment declined during World War II , Texas Tech trained 4,747 men in its armed forces training detachments. Following
12096-624: Was ranked 41st. From its origin in 1942, the business school was known as the Division of Commerce, until it was renamed the College of Business Administration in 1956. In 2000, following a $ 25 million gift from alumnus Jerry S. Rawls , the college was formally renamed the Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration. In 1967, both the College of Education and the Texas Tech University School of Law were founded. The College of Education instructs future teachers and
12208-846: Was renamed in honor of the contributions by the J.T. & Margaret Talkington Foundation in 2016. Programs offered through Talkington College are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design , the National Association of Schools of Music , and the National Association of Schools of Theatre. Once the Division of Home Economics, the College of Health & Human Sciences now offers degrees in community, family and addiction sciences; apparel design and interior design ; health professions; hospitality and retail management; human development and family sciences; nutritional sciences ; and personal financial planning. The School of Personal Financial Planning
12320-727: Was selected for one of the upcoming Artemis missions. Building upon existing areas of strength, Texas Tech is now focusing its research enterprise in several key areas: energy , One Health , strengthening national security, systems resilience and adaptability, and rural and urban development. From 2022-2024, efforts related to Texas Tech's pulsed power electronics laboratory received $ 65 million in federal funding. Projects include research on semiconductors , high power microwaves , cyber-physical security, directed energy and high-performance computing . Texas Tech's Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources has received state and federal grants for research projects including
12432-649: Was the first CFP Board-registered Ph.D. program in the nation when it was founded in 2000. It is still consistently ranked among the top programs in the nation. Its students won the Financial Planning Association 's Financial Planning Competition in 2024, 2023, 2021, 2020, and 2018. The Huckabee College of Architecture , founded in 1927, offers programs accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board . The Rawls College of Business , which
12544-459: Was the first public university to ask their students to take the test in 1938. It was first given to students at the University of Iowa in 1940, where it was analyzed by psychologist Dewey Stuit . It was first taken by students at Texas Tech University in 1942. In 1943, it was taken by students at Michigan State University , where it was analyzed by Paul Dressel . It was taken by over 45,000 students applying to 500 colleges in 1948. "Until
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