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Motl, Thomas C.; Multon, Karen D.; Zhao, Fei – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2018
Participants include 89 college students from a tribal university in the Midwestern United States. A survey regarding attitudes and adjustment to campus was administered to all students during their first semester of college. Variables assessed included psychosociocultural integration factors, such as educational goals, trust of others at college,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Tribally Controlled Education, American Indian Students, Student Surveys
Johnson, James E.; Wessel, Roger D.; Pierce, David A. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2013
The population of 674 first-year student-athletes culled from 5 successive freshman classes (2004-2008) at a mid-size midwestern university was examined to determine what combination of demographic, academic, and athletic variables best predicted retention into the 2nd academic year. The dependent variable of retention was chosen because it is a…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, Demography, Academic Achievement
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
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

Haviland, Mark G.; And Others – Psychology: A Quarterly Journal of Human Behavior, 1984
Examined the relationship between selected independent variables and graduation from college five years after students (N=1,943) first matriculated. Results showed that the variables accounted for less than six percent of the variability in the graduate/nongraduate criterion with high school rank being the best individual predictor. (Author/LLL)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Class Rank, College Students, Dropout Characteristics
Moline, Arlett E. – 1986
The influence of financial aid on college student persistence was studied using causal modeling. The study population was 227 full-time freshmen, who enrolled in fall 1982 at a liberal arts college at a large commuter institution. All the students received financial aid. The model, which included background and academic variables, accounted for…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Class Rank, Grade Point Average, Higher Education

Moline, Arlett E. – Research in Higher Education, 1987
Path analysis was used to explore the relationships among a number of variables related to student persistence. The subjects were freshmen in the College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota. Variables that showed the largest total effects on persistence were college grade-point average and high school rank. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Class Rank, College Students, Data Analysis
House, J. Daniel – 1994
This study investigated the efficacy of noncognitive variables and academic background for the prediction of college grade performance and persistence. A total of 7,377 new first-year college students participated in the study, completing demographic questionnaires at the start of the school year. Data were also collected on American College Test…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Class Rank, College Freshmen
Barone, Sandra – TG (Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation), 2006
This study examines the default behavior of 3,325 undergraduate student borrowers who attended Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) and entered repayment on their TG-guaranteed Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) loans between October 1, 2000 and September 30, 2002 (fiscal years 2001-2002). Using the Department of Education's official…
Descriptors: Class Rank, Federal Programs, Student Loan Programs, Probability
Durio, Helen F.; And Others – 1980
Entrance scores on the Mathematics Achievement Test, Level I, and Scholastic Aptitude Test (verbal and mathematical), and high school rank for 2,189 students entering engineering as freshmen at The University of Texas at Austin during the years 1974-1977 were used in regression equations as predictors of academic achievement and retention for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests