Analyzes a nationwide graduate student survey to examine the influence of social class, sex, race, undergraduate achievement, and rank of undergraduate institution attended on rank or prestige of their graduate school. The results represent a contradictory picture of stratification in the academic hierarchy and reflect specific mechanisms that…

Analysis of the effects of social class, sex, race, and undergraduate grade-point average on rank and status in graduate professional schools indicated that differences do exist in ranking or attendance at professional schools, based on gender, race, previous rank at undergraduate school, and social status. (CB)

This study compared the effectiveness of several existing and proposed methods for statistically adjusting college grade point averages (GPAs) for course and departmental differences in grading standards, using first-semester grades from an entire entering class at a large state university (4,351 students), in 1988. Most of the adjusted GPAs…

This article is a response to Wainer's comments on a research study representing the first major analysis of factors linked to state differences in Scholastic Aptitude Test performance. (JAZ)

Student Development Task Inventory (second edition) (SDTI-2) was completed by Black students at five urban colleges in metropolitan Detroit, Michigan to provide usuable information for college student personnel workers who work with similar populations. Findings revealed that SDTI-2 scores were highly dependent on school of attendance and class…

Procedures for predicting academic achievement at Indiana University, Bloomington, are examined, based on data for the 4,145 freshmen who entered the university in fall 1983. Three sets of prediction equations and a graphic scheme for determining probable first semester grade point averages (GPAs) for males and females are provided. Entering…

An initial study of the revised (1985) Student Descriptive Questionnaire (SDQ) of the College Board found it to be of sufficient accuracy to fulfill its intended purposes. This second phase examined the adequacy of the SDQ in terms of the predictive validity of its student academic self-report information against a criterion of first-year college…

Recent national data were used to examine the impact of individual and institutional variables on the ability of race and sex groups to complete a four year college degree program promptly (within three or four consecutive years) versus six to seven years. The results showed that black students were less successful than whites in prompt and in…

A study of college entry for race and sex groups by the Blau and Duncan status attainment model is evaluated. Variables were: (1) family status, (2) standardized test performance, (3) senior rank, (4) high school curriculum, (5) significant others, (6) perceived college ability, (7) educational expectations, and (8) college attendance. (Author/MLW)

A portion of a larger survey study of the socialization of law students is reported. Focus is on student perceptions and idealized views of law, lawyers, and legal education in general and changes in these attitudes influenced by exposure to law school over a seven-month period during the first year. (JMD)

As part of an update of studies for predicting fall semester grade point averages (GPA) of freshmen at Indiana University, 4,260 freshmen entering the Bloomington campus in the fall of 1980 were assessed. Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores and/or relative high school rank (RHSR) were used to predict first semester GPAs. Three sets of equations…

In spring 1997, members of the 1990 graduating classes of 12 public and private high schools in Marin County, California, were surveyed regarding their accomplishments after high school and their perceptions of the quality of their high school education. Surveys were mailed to 1,932 members of the class of 1990. A 34.3% response rate (662…

American College Testing Program (ACT) scores, high school rank, high school GPA, high school algebra grades, algebra pretest score, sex, birth order, family size, and high school size were used to predict course grades in the first semester of college calculus. The best predictors were the algebra pretest and high school rank. (Author/BW)

Presents the results of a study where students rated audiotape excerpts of vocal instruction that featured teacher approval or disapproval behavior. Correlated this information with the students' grade level, gender, and responses to questions concerning attributes for success. Most students attributed success to internal rather than external…

Data from two studies in which subjects were classified as successful or unsuccessful were analyzed using neural net technology after being analyzed with a linear regression function. Data were obtained from admission records of 201 students admitted to undergraduate and 285 students admitted to graduate programs. Data included grade point…