The Management and Organizations and Sociology PhD Program requires the GRE (not GMAT) and a writing sample with the application. If you have any questions about the application process, please contact Susan Jackman, the coordinator for the Doctoral Program.
Mass shootings: There were 372 mass shootings in the US in 2015, killing 475 people and wounding 1,870, according to the Mass Shooting Tracker, which catalogues such incidents. A mass shooting is defined as a single shooting incident which kills or injures four or more people, including the assailant. Source: Mass Shooting Tracker School shootings: There were 64 school shootings in 2015, according to a dedicated campaign group set up in the wake of the Sandy Hook elementary school massacre in Connecticut in 2012. Those figures include occasions when a gun was fired but no-one was hurt.
Firearms used in school-associated homicides and suicides came primarily from the perpetratorâs home or from friends or relatives. 3. Homicide is the second leading cause of death among youth aged 5-18. Data from this study indicate that between 1% and 2% of these deaths happen on school grounds or on the way to or from school. These findings underscore the importance of preventing violence at school as well as in communities. Trends in School-Associated Violent Deathsâ1992-2010 Footnotes: 1 The data from 1999â2000 onward are subject to change as additional information about confirmed cases is received and assessed.