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Direct linkBrigman, Mark C. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Retention rates of first generation college student (FGCS) became a growing concern for leaders of educational institutions in the U.S. FGCS were several times more likely to exit college without a degree as compared to their traditional counterparts. The Model of Institutional Departure offered a general framework of college student retention.…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, First Generation College Students, Predictor Variables, Models
Bell, Laura J. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine whether the use of non-cognitive assessment in combination with traditional criteria predicted potential academic success as measured by first-semester GPAs of provisionally admitted students. Survey data were collected with a non-cognitive questionnaire (NCQ) from provisionally admitted…
Descriptors: College Admission, Admission Criteria, State Universities, Statistical Analysis
Redmond, M. William, Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study is to develop a preadmission predictive model of student success for prospective first-time African American college applicants at a predominately White four-year public institution within the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. This model will use two types of variables. They are (a) cognitive variables (i.e.,…
Descriptors: African American Students, College Bound Students, White Students, State Universities
