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ERIC Number: ED667981
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 238
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: 979-8-5169-7729-9
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Available Date: 0000-00-00
Early Predictors of Student Completion at a Two-Year Institution
Elise N. Leahy
ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, Grand Canyon University
This quantitative, correlational dissertation research examined if, and to what extent, student early academic success, student socioeconomic status, and student classification as a member of an underrepresented minority predicted student completion at a southeastern Washington two-year institution. The theory of behavioral economics, the iPASS model, and the SSIPP framework served as the foundation for the research. Archival data from 1939 certificate or degree-seeking students first enrolled in higher education at a southeastern Washington two-year institution in the summer or fall quarter of 2016 represented the sample. Research question one asked if student early academic success, operationalized as student first-term GPA, predicted student completion at a two-year institution. Research questions two and three asked if socioeconomic status, operationalized as eligibility to receive the Pell Grant or the Washington College Grant, or both, and classification as a member of an underrepresented minority, operationalized as ethnicity, predicted student completion at a two-year institution. Results from the binomial logistic regression analysis indicate the model was statistically significant, X[superscript 2](13) = 230.420, p < 0.001. The model explained between 11.2% (Cox & Snell R[superscript 2]) and 15.3% (Nagelkerke R[superscript 2]) of the variance in student completion and correctly classified 66.1% of the cases. Sensitivity was 28%, specificity was 89.2%, positive predictive value was 61%, and negative predictive value was 67%. Student first- term cumulative GPA and SES were statistically significant in predicting student completion; student ethnicity was not statistically significant in predicting student completion. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com.bibliotheek.ehb.be/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Washington
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Pell Grant Program
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