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Predicting Academic Success of First-Time College-Bound African American Students at a Predominantly White Four-Year Public Institution: A Preadmission Model
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Redmond, M. William, Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study is to develop a preadmission predictive model of student success for prospective first-time African American college applicants at a predominately White four-year public institution within the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. This model will use two types of variables. They are (a) cognitive variables (i.e.,…
Descriptors: African American Students, College Bound Students, White Students, State Universities
Does the SAT Help Colleges Make Better Selection Decisions?
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Crouse, James – Harvard Educational Review, 1985
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of high school students to calculate the actual improvement in freshman grade point average, college completion, and total years of schooling from colleges' use of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), Crouse compares predictions based on high school rank to argue that the SAT's costs do not justify…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Class Rank, College Applicants
Multivariate Analysis of Student Loan Defaulters at Texas A&M University--Kingsville
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Barone, Sandra; Steiner, Matt; Teszler, Natali – TG (Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation), 2005
This study examines the default behavior of 5,177 undergraduate student borrowers who attended Texas A&M University--Kingsville (TAMUK) and entered repayment of their TG-guaranteed Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) loans between October 1, 1998 and September 30, 2002 (fiscal years 1999-2002). Using the Department of Education's…
Descriptors: Multivariate Analysis, Student Loan Programs, Loan Default, Undergraduate Students