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Campbell, K. Celeste; Fuqua, Dale R. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2008
This study identified factors that were potential predictors of student completion in a collegiate honors program, evaluated the relative predictive importance of these factors, and used them to describe how the completion groups differed. Records were examined from 336 freshman honors program participants at a large, Midwestern, public…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Class Rank, Academically Gifted, Grade Point Average
Longitudinal Effects of College Preparation Programs on College Retention. IR Applications. Volume 9
Ishitani, Terry T.; Snider, Kevin G. – Association for Institutional Research (NJ1), 2006
The effects of various college preparation programs, class ranking, and student background characteristics on college retention were studied. The data were obtained from the National Education Longitudinal Study:1988-2000 and NELS:88/2000 Postsecondary Education Transcript Study. The sample contained 4,445 first-time freshmen students who enrolled…
Descriptors: Context Effect, College Preparation, Transitional Programs, Longitudinal Studies
Bursik, Krisanne; Martin, Timothy A. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2006
This study investigated ego developmental differences in adolescent academic orientations and academic achievement. A sample of 142 male and female high school students completed the Washington University Sentence Completion Test and self-report measures assessing academic locus of control, learning orientation (LO), and grade orientation (GO).…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Locus of Control, Class Rank, Academic Achievement

Touron, Javier – Higher Education, 1987
A study at the Licenciate in Medicine in Spain showed the best predictors of first-year medical school grades to be science course grades, the overall admission test score, and the test score average. Implications for admissions and counseling are discussed. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Rank, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations
Mullen, Robert – 1995
The first-year performance of freshmen between 1987 and 1992 was investigated for evidence of grade inflation. Grade inflation is defined as "when a grade is viewed as being less rigorous than it ought to be". Performance data were analyzed for fall semester admissions of full-time, first-time freshmen at the University of Missouri…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Aptitude Tests, Class Rank, College Entrance Examinations