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Direct linkBills, James L.; VanHouten, Jacob; Grundy, Michelle M.; Chalkley, Roger; Dermody, Terence S. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2016
The Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) is a quantitative metric used by MD and MD-PhD programs to evaluate applicants for admission. This study assessed the validity of the MCAT in predicting training performance measures and career outcomes for MD-PhD students at a single institution. The study population consisted of 153 graduates of the…
Descriptors: Medical Schools, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, Predictive Validity
Strode, Christopher N. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine the academic performance of the first-time, full-time, traditional-aged students in the Student Support Services program at East Tennessee State University. This was accomplished by comparing their academic performance with the academic performance of first-time, full-time, traditional-aged non-SSS…
Descriptors: Student Personnel Services, State Universities, Academic Achievement, College Freshmen
Download full textBass, Laura H.; Ballard, Angela S. – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2012
A study by Kenney, Kenney, and Dumont (2005) identified a supportive learning environment as one of the five indicators for collegiate student engagement, a concept that extends beyond the classroom to permeate the entire educational environment. A student's level of engagement can be impacted as early as orientation and registration, when he is…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Educational Environment, Nontraditional Students, Student Attrition
