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Download full textAnderson, Ernest F. – 1972
The purpose of this study was to compare the academic progress of junior college transfers, 4-year college transfers, and continuous juniors (natives) at the University of Illinois as measured by grade point average (GPA), academic status and continued enrollment through the first year after transfer. A secondary purpose was to compare the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Grade Point Average
PDF pending restorationWilliam Rainey Harper Coll., Palatine, IL. – 1974
In a longitudinal study of student performance at Harper College, a sample of full-time and part-time students who enrolled at the college in the fall semesters during the years 1967 through 1972 was studied. The results of the study showed that in 1969 and 1970 more students were leaving before they accumulated 15 hours credit, and fewer were…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Dropout Rate, Grade Point Average
Stout, Robert J. – 1996
This study examined attitudes of people about benefits of the economic impacts of two local colleges (Palmer College of Chiropractic and Scott Community College) in the metropolitan Quad Cities area of Rock Island County (Illinois) and Scott County (Iowa). The study compared impacts considered important by the community with those estimated by the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Community Attitudes, Community Colleges
