PDF pending restorationERIC Number: ED371793
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1994-Jun
Pages: 25
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Course Pass Rates in Fall 1993. Enrollment Analysis EA94-4.
Diehl, Patricia K.
Student performance in individual courses constitutes a fundamental learning outcome, as assessed by the faculty. Examination of student outcomes at the course level is especially appropriate at community colleges, since as many as half the students in credit courses have no intention of earning a degree. Fall 1993 final course grades of students attending Prince George's Community College (PGCC) in Largo, Maryland, were analyzed to determine course pass rates. Study findings included the following: (1) the collegewide pass rate was 76%, down from an all-time high of 77% in fall 1992; (2) students in occupational courses had a pass rate of 83%; (3) the pass rate of students in general education courses dropped from 76% to 75%; (4) the pass rate of students in educational development courses declined for the third consecutive year; (5) disciplines with high pass rates included nuclear medicine, education, medical records, nursing, radiography, early childhood development, English as a foreign language, paralegal, business, criminal justice, hospitality management, and respiratory therapy; (6) disciplines with low pass rates included developmental mathematics; anthropology; mathematics; and developmental English; (7) women had higher pass rates than men (79% vs 72%); (8) students over 25 years of age had higher pass rates than students under 21 or between 21 and 25 (84% vs 70% and 75%, respectively; (9) continuing students had higher pass rates than first-time students (78% vs 72%); and (10) there were increases in the proportion of successful course completions by both first-time black and first-time white male students under age 21. (KP)
Publication Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Prince George's Community Coll., Largo, MD. Office of Institutional Research and Analysis.
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