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Download full textKlein, James D.; Grise, Philip J. – 1987
A study sponsored by the Bureau of Adult and Community Education, Florida Department of Education, was conducted by the Center for Needs Assessment and Planning at Florida State University to compare the success of General Educational Development (GED) and traditional high school graduates at Florida's community colleges. Registrars at each of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Grade Point Average
DeRee, Hendricus G.; And Others – Journal of Rural and Small Schools, 1986
A study of 243 beginning teachers in Ohio rural settings explored relationships between teachers' effectiveness ratings and two preservice factors--undergraduate college grade point average and rural, suburban, or urban high school backgrounds. A highly significant relationship existed between grade point average and teacher effectiveness but not…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Point Average
Peer reviewedRoberts, M. Susan; And Others – Teaching of Psychology, 1990
Examines how reading ability relates to course performance in an introductory developmental psychology course. Compares personalized system of instruction (PSI) to contingency managed lecture (CML) sections. Shows previous academic performance best predicted final examination scores for CML students while reading comprehension best predicted PSI…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, College Instruction, Comparative Analysis
Occasional Research Brief, 1998
This research brief presents data on transfer students in the University of Wisconsin (UW) system, with emphasis on student access, enrollment, and outcomes. Among the findings are the following: (1) The number of transfer students enrolled in the UW system reached a 10-year high of 9,684 in fall 1996, followed by a slight decline in fall 1997;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Bachelors Degrees
Harris, Kimberly; And Others – 1991
This paper presents the results of a survey titled "Postsecondary Plans of Nevada High School Seniors" that is administered biennially to provide educational planners with information about Nevada high school seniors' postsecondary plans. The survey consists of 43 questions and provides information in six areas: demographic…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Attitude Measures, Educational Planning, Enrollment
James Madison Univ., Harrisonburg, VA. – 1989
In response to state guidelines which require senior institutions to provide two-year colleges with information on transfer students' academic performance, this report describes the procedures developed by James Madison University (JMU), in Virginia, to share information with the two-year colleges and presents results of a study of the academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Credits, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Olstad, Roger G.; And Others – 1983
Two studies sought to identify variables that might predict relative success in student teaching performance. University supervisors ranked program graduates on overall student teaching success after they had successfully completed all mastery criteria. The first study compared students on achievement test scores, grade point average (GPA), and…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Evaluation Criteria, Grade Point Average, Higher Education
Peer reviewedBassin, William M.; Sellner, Ronald A. – College and University, 1992
This paper examines a model used to predict success in a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration program that relies more on performance in key first-year courses than the usual high school credentials, thereby, making more accurate predictions of success. The model also suggests strategies for enhancing student success. (GLR)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence
Tyson, Dan – 1987
This manual presents an admissions scattergram as a tool to help school counselors who are working with high school students making college decisions. The approach described in the manual encourages student initiative in exploring, discovering, and deciding by following a rational process of understanding how to make an appropriate decision. An…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Admissions Counseling, College Admission, College Bound Students
Redovich, Dennis W.; Rodriguez, Manuel S. – 1990
In July 1988, Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) initiated the Systematic Assessment of Leavers (SAL), a 2-year, 2-phase research activity to develop and implement a monitoring process to identify the personal, demographic, institutional, and environmental factors associated with leaving the college. The target populations of the study were…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Dropouts, Ethnic Groups
Gordon, Ruth – 1985
A recent study showed that high school students who are not planning to attend college full time should combine vocational and academic course work to maximize their success in the labor market. In a study of non-college bound youth (based on the High School and Beyond Survey data) that examined the impact of high school curriculum, grades, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, Education Work Relationship, Employment Experience
Knapp, Dona – 1984
Differences in persisting and withdrawing students who entered the University of South Dakota's medical technology program during 1974-1984 were studied to provide information for career counselors. Data were collected for 200 students on high school grade point average (GPA), American College Testing (ACT) program scores, first semester college…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Aptitude Tests, College Science
Jensen, Robert; And Others – Community College Issues, 1988
In 1987-88, the Commission on Athletics' Research Committee of the California Association of Community Colleges undertook a study of the effects of the requirement that college athletes maintain a 2.0 grade point average (GPA), the status of women's sports, the use of part-time coaches, and the types of courses used to satisfy transfer…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Athletic Coaches, College Athletics
Ellis, Elinor Wall – 1988
After reviewing the literature on mentoring, this report presents the results of a study of 544 students enrolled at Florida A&M University (FAMU), a historically black institution. Students responses to the following issues are analyzed by gender, race, classification, and school and college: (1) reasons for having a mentor relationship at…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Students, Blacks, College Students
The Effect of Computer Assisted Instruction and the Academic Achievement of Junior College Students.
Land, Warren A.; Haney, Julia J. – 1990
The role influx of underprepared students has challenged community colleges to develop effective ways to improve teaching and learning strategies in the classroom. In 1990, a study was conducted by the Mississippi State University Educational Media Center to compare the effects of traditional versus Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) on the…
Descriptors: Age, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction
