Best Practices for Admissions Integrity and Innovation with AI: Results from the Fall 2025 ETS/NAGAP Survey

Friday, April 10, 2026

11:00am - 12:00pm East Coast USA Time

Presenter(s)

Reginald M. Gooch, MA

Research Project Manager
Educational Testing Service
Kristen Sterba, PhD

Associate Provost for Students and Administration
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Author(s)

Sara Haviland, Ph.D.

Senior Measurement Scientist
Educational Testing Service

Generative AI is rapidly reshaping graduate admissions, raising urgent questions about authenticity, equity, and holistic review. This session presents findings from the 2025 pulse survey of NAGAP members conducted in partnership with ETS, exploring GEM professionals’ comfort and preparedness around using AI and their perceptions of AI’s impact on the reliability and usefulness of application components. Attendees will gain insights into the shape of future best practices, challenges, and opportunities for integrating AI responsibly into admissions processes while safeguarding fairness and reliability and learning what they need to know about applicants.