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Identifying the Value of the ACT Score as a Predictor of Student Success in Respiratory Care, Radiography, and Nursing at Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College
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Parrott-Robbins, Rebecca Jon – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to investigate--by utilizing data obtained from the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) PeopleSoft database-- whether the American College Testing (ACT) assessment was a predictor of student success for students who had graduated from respiratory, radiography, and nursing programs at Southeast…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Technical Institutes, Grade Point Average, Multiple Regression Analysis
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
ACT Scores as Predictors of Success: A Correlation Study between ACT Scores and the Lindenwood University Business Capstone Course
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Lapinska-Schneider, Karolina – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Business schools across the nation, to meet the accreditation standards of the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP), must incorporate results of certain outcomes assessments for evaluation of programs efficacy and continuous improvement purposes. The Educational Testing Service Major Field Test in Business Administration…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Educational Testing, Program Effectiveness, Statistical Significance
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