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Peer reviewedKulik, Chen-Lin C.; And Others – Review of Educational Research, 1983
This meta-analytic synthesis of findings from 60 evaluation studies schowed that special college programs for high-risk students have had basically positive effects on students. High-risk students who enrolled in such programs stayed in college somewhat longer than control students did, and they received somewhat better grades in regular college…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Developmental Studies Programs, Disadvantaged, Grade Point Average
A Comparison of Grades, GPA, and Retention of Developmental Students at Northwest Technical College.
Download full textSuter, Marcia A. – 1983
A study was conducted to compare the academic success of students who completed developmental education courses at Northwest Technical College with that of students who did not take such courses, but whose placement test scores indicated that they should. Subjects of the study were selected from 499 students who were advised, based on their test…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Developmental Studies Programs, Grade Point Average, Grades (Scholastic)
