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Kelli A. Bird; Benjamin L. Castleman; Zachary Mabel; Yifeng Song – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2021
Colleges have increasingly turned to predictive analytics to target at-risk students for additional support. Most of the predictive analytic applications in higher education are proprietary, with private companies offering little transparency about their underlying models. We address this lack of transparency by systematically comparing two…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Higher Education, Predictive Measurement, Models
Ruffalo Noel Levitz, 2020
For 25 years, nearly 3,000 colleges and universities have used the Ruffalo Noel Levitz (RNL) Satisfaction-Priorities Surveys to assess their students, strengthen the student experience, increase student success and completion, and prioritize campus planning initiatives. The surveys are valued so highly because they reveal where institutions are…
Descriptors: Student Surveys, National Surveys, Student Satisfaction, Student Experience
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Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific, 2021
These are the appendices to the report, "Using High School Data to Predict College Success in Palau" (ED610714). Prior research, particularly for the United States, has shown that earning a community college credential increases an individual's likelihood of gaining stable employment, earning a living wage, and working in a higher-paying…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Readiness, High School Students, College Preparation
Xu, Di; Jaggars, Shanna Smith; Fletcher, Jeffrey – Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment, 2016
Using detailed administrative data from Virginia, this paper examines how and why the community college pathway to a baccalaureate influences students' degree attainment and short-term labor market performance. We find that the community college pathway sharply reduces the likelihood of earning a bachelor's degree but does not have a significant…
Descriptors: Two Year Colleges, Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, Bachelors Degrees
Indiana Commission for Higher Education, 2015
The Indiana Commission for Higher Education is committed to providing a clearer and more comprehensive picture of college completion in order to inform and advance Indiana's collective efforts to boost education attainment. In partnership with Indiana public colleges and the National Student Clearinghouse, the Commission has collected completion…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, College Graduates, Higher Education, Graduation Rate
Noble, Julie; Sawyer, Richard – ACT, Inc., 2013
There is a growing view that students who enroll in developmental courses are less successful in completing their programs than non-developmental students. Nevertheless, even though developmental students as a group ultimately might not be as academically successful as non-developmental students, many of them might still derive benefit from taking…
Descriptors: College Students, Developmental Studies Programs, Enrollment, Scores
Indiana Commission for Higher Education, 2014
The Indiana Commission for Higher Education is committed to providing a clearer and more comprehensive picture of college completion in order to inform and advance Indiana's collective efforts to boost education attainment. In partnership with Indiana public colleges and the National Student Clearinghouse, the Commission has collected completion…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, College Graduates, Higher Education, Graduation Rate
Sanchez, Edgar I. – ACT, Inc., 2013
This study examines the differential effects on student subgroups of using the ACT® College Readiness Assessment Composite (ACTC) score and high school grade point average (HSGPA) for making admission decisions. The subgroup characteristics investigated include race/ethnicity, gender, and income. For each student subgroup, we examine the effect of…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Scores, Grade Point Average, High School Students
Cabalo, Jessica Villaruz; Vu, Minh-Thien – Empirical Education Inc., 2007
The Maui Hawaii Educational consortium (the Maui School District and Maui Community College) sought scientifically based evidence for the effectiveness of the "Cognitive Tutor (CT) Algebra I Curriculum" to inform adoption decisions. Decision makers were particularly interested in whether the use of the "CT" program affects…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Program Effectiveness, Algebra, Community Colleges
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Finkelstein, Neal D.; Fong, Anthony B. – Regional Educational Laboratory West, 2008
This report examines the extent to which California high school students fail to meet the high school course requirements for admission to California's four-year public universities. It investigates students' course-taking patterns and whether the courses they take meet the universities' entrance requirements. Because students from a variety of…
Descriptors: Racial Differences, Public Colleges, Minority Groups, Ethnicity