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Knight, William E. – Association for Institutional Research (NJ1), 2004
This manuscript summarizes an institutional research study carried out at Bowling Green State University (BGSU) concerning factors affecting time to bachelor's degree attainment. Tuition sensitivity and concern about efficient use of institutional resources point to the need for decreasing students' time-to-degree. This study enlarges upon an…
Descriptors: Time to Degree, Educational Attainment, Bachelors Degrees, Regression (Statistics)
Knight, William E.; Arnold, William – 2000
This study investigated the effects of several variables on time-to-degree using a structural equation modeling approach. It examined influences upon time-to-degree for all students earning Bachelor's Degrees in 1998-99 at one university. Dependent variables were total elapsed semesters to degree attainment and total semesters enrolled. Data on…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, College Credits, College Graduates, Graduation
Knight, William E. – 1990
In order to determine the length of time taken by graduates of Kent State University's Regional Campuses (RC) to obtain an Associate Degree, master records were analyzed for 91% (N=527) of the students who graduated in May 1990. The study considered the relationship between time to associate degree and such factors as campus attended, major,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Associate Degrees, Attendance Patterns, College Graduates
Knight, William E. – 1994
This study utilizes student enrollment data often available to institutional researchers in order to predict and explain time to degree. The population for the study included all 1992 bachelors degree graduates (n=868) of a state-supported comprehensive university in the Southeast. Block multiple regression based upon Astin's…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Bachelors Degrees, College Environment, College Graduates