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Martin, C. Joseph; And Others – 1982
Findings from a study of 1980-81 student attrition at Bethel College, Indiana, are examined, and new directions at the college for 1981-82 are reviewed. In addition, results of a survey of 120 small colleges regarding attrition efforts are discussed. Based on the study findings, four categories of grade point averages (GPA) of Bethel students are…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Curriculum, College Students, Dropout Characteristics
Nettles, Michael; And Others – 1985
Academic, personal, and attitudinal/behavioral predictors of black and white students' college performance were studied, along with the effect of differences in the quality of college experiences. The sample of 4,094 students and 706 faculty from 30 southern and eastern colleges completed the Student Opinion Survey/Faculty Opinion Survey, the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Black Students, College Faculty
Download full textAshburn, Elizabeth A.; Fisher, Robert L. – 1984
Participants in this conference of educators, convened to consider methods of evaluating teacher education students, focused upon the relationship between candidate quality and teacher effectiveness. Questions under consideration included: (1) pre-admission field experiences students should demonstrate; (2) optimum scores on aptitude and…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Grade Point Average, Graduation Requirements
Doolittle, Allen E. – 1981
Bayesian data analytic procedures were used to assess the effects of a new undergraudate advising program designed to focus on students who do not initially declare a major field of study. Past research has shown that these students tend to graduate at a low rate, relative to those who do declare majors. It was hypothesized that these students…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, Bayesian Statistics
Anderson, Ernest F.; Beers, Philip G. – 1980
A longitudinal study was conducted at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) to compare the academic progress of 768 students who transferred to UIUC in Fall 1977 from public community colleges in Illinois; 676 students who transferred to UIUC in Fall 1977 from four-year colleges; and 4,220 native UIUC students who were enrolled as…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Probation, College Students
Bourn, Ken – 1978
Students assessed as high risk at Essex Community College (Maryland) were paired by identical scores on vocabulary and reading comprehension tests and as to whether they elected to take a learning skills course (N=56) or to ignore advice and not take the course (N=67). The learning skills course uses a programmed multimedia approach and as much…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Age, Basic Skills, Cohort Analysis
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Community Colleges. – 1979
Data tables summarize statistics on community college transfer students attending the nine Florida state universities during 1976 through 1978. Data indicate that the number of transfers increased from 1976 to 1977, but decreased from 1977 to 1978. Males typically outnumbered females. Racial distribution remained relatively stable, though the…
Descriptors: Age, Articulation (Education), College Choice, College Credits
DeLuca, James P. – 1977
Four educational objectives and opportunities are presented for the career/industrial oriented high school student to consider: (1) admission to a community college while concurrently completing high school, (2) exploration of a career in a highly developed laboratory setting, (3) participation in a college environment, and (4) early graduation…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Exploration, College Freshmen, Community Colleges
Cole, Glenn A.; And Others – 1978
The academic standings of provisionally admitted high school graduates and matched controls (regular admissions) at a state university were analyzed after one to three years. The results revealed highly significant differences in favor of the controls. The criterion was academic status at the university. Analysis of covariance controlling the…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Admission Criteria
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Community Junior Colleges. – 1978
Data tables summarize statistics on community college transfer students attending the nine Florida state universities during 1975 through 1977. Data indicate that the number of transfers increased each year, with males typically outnumbering females. Racial distribution remained relatively stable, though the percentages of blacks and hispanics…
Descriptors: Age, Articulation (Education), College Choice, College Credits
Cahill, Virginia M. – 1978
A study was conducted to examine whether age is one characteristic used by law schools in selecting applicants. Data were obtained on 76,06l registrants for the 1975-76 law school application year. Constraints of the analyses reduced the sample to 43,180. An explanatory model of decision-making in the law school admissions process was formulated…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Age, Age Discrimination, College Applicants
Hengstler, Dennis D.; Reichard, Donald J. – 1980
A recent decline in the ability to predict first-year grade point average using the traditional regression analyses incorporating Scholastic Aptitude Tests (SAT) and high school rank as predictors fostered an investigation of the effectiveness of alternative procedures to predict academic success. Four procedures were investigated and compared,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrative Policy, Admission Criteria, Class Rank
Braddock, Jomills Henry, II – 1979
Using data from a survey of 265 randomly selected black students attending two predominantly black and two predominantly white colleges in Florida, this study examines the hypothesis that black students who attend desegregated high schools are more likely to attend desegregated colleges. Sex and social class as background variables along with…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Black Students, College Choice, College Desegregation
Burns, John L.; Callihan, Susan – 1980
As an extension of previous work on perceived quality of life, this study investigated some possible effects of high school grade level (10th and 12th) and sex on perceived quality of school life. In addition, effects and relationships of these variables on/to academic achievement were investigated. The total sample was 63 rural high school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Family Life, Females, Grade Point Average
Fuller, Earl H. – 1978
A questionnaire was administered to 1977 degree recipients at North Carolina State University regarding their post-graduation plans. Those who did not respond to the spring survey and those who responded but reported unemployment were mailed a followup questionnaire. The following information is presented: post-graduation statistics for bachelor's…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, College Graduates, Doctoral Degrees, Employment Services
