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Background or Experience? Using Logistic Regression to Predict College Retention
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Synco, Tracee M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Tinto, Astin and countless others have researched the retention and attrition of students from college for more than thirty years. However, the six year graduation rate for all first-time full-time freshmen for the 2002 cohort was 57%. This study sought to determine the retention variables that predicted continued enrollment of entering freshmen…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, School Holding Power, Grade Point Average, Supplementary Education
Predicting College Student Success: A Historical and Predictive Examination of High School Activities and Accomplishments
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Davey, Carla Mae – ProQuest LLC, 2010
According to generational theorists, the interests and experiences of incoming students have fluctuated over time, with Millennial students being more engaged and accomplished than their predecessors. This project explored data from 1974-2007 to determine the actual trends in engagement and accomplishments for three generations of students. Over…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, School Activities, Grade Point Average, School Holding Power
ACADEMIC DESCRIPTION AND PREDICTION IN JUNIOR COLLEGES.
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HOYT, DONALD P.; MUNDAY, LEO – 1966
THIS INVESTIGATION OF THE ACADEMIC POTENTIAL AND COLLEGE GRADES OF JUNIOR COLLEGE FRESHMEN REPORTS THE PREDICTIVE VALIDITY OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE TESTING (ACT) PROGRAM DATA FOR JUNIOR COLLEGES, AND COMPARED THE RESULTS FOR 85 JUNIOR COLLEGES WITH THOSE FOR 205 4-YEAR COLLEGES. JUNIOR COLLEGE STUDENTS WERE FOUND TO BE SOMEWHAT LESS ABLE…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Entrance Examinations, Educational Planning, Predictive Measurement
Relationship of Race, Academic and Nonacademic Information in Predicting the First-Year Success of Selected Admissions First-Year Students.
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Bryson, Seymour; Smith, Ronald; Vineyard, George – Journal of the First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2002
Examined the relationship of race, traditional academic measures (high school GPA and rank, ACT scores), and nonacademic variables (measured by the Bryson Instrument for Noncognitive Assessment, or BINA) to the first-year grades of specially-admitted college students. Found that predictors of college success functioned differently for blacks and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, College Freshmen, Grade Point Average