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Direct linkMa, Wei – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this study was to explore the first-year academic experiences and achievement of Chinese international undergraduate students in American higher education. To do so, I tracked a cohort of Chinese international undergraduates through their first-year at a public research university in the United States. Both qualitative and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Foreign Students, Public Colleges, Qualitative Research
Download full textSanchez, Edgar I. – ACT, Inc., 2013
This study examines the differential effects on student subgroups of using the ACT® College Readiness Assessment Composite (ACTC) score and high school grade point average (HSGPA) for making admission decisions. The subgroup characteristics investigated include race/ethnicity, gender, and income. For each student subgroup, we examine the effect of…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Scores, Grade Point Average, High School Students
ACT, Inc., 2012
Annually, ACT provides each state with "The Condition of College & Career Readiness," a report that details the college readiness of students who took the ACT[R] test. Based on extensive empirical research, ACT has defined "college and career readiness" as the acquisition of knowledge and skills a student needs to enroll…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Standards, Benchmarking
