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Direct linkKim, Sunha; Chang, Mido; Park, Jeehyun – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2018
Survival analysis is an advanced statistical method to investigate the occurrence and the timing of an important event such as school access, dropout, and graduation in a longitudinal framework. The aim of our study is to provide practical guidelines for empirical researchers in choosing an appropriate survival analysis model. For this goal, this…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Longitudinal Studies, Access to Education, English Language Learners
Peer reviewedMarques, J. F.; Miranda, M. J. – Oxford Review of Education, 1996
Analyzes data collected from freshman at the University of Lisbon (Portugal) between 1989 and 1992. Suggests that high school records (grade point average and number of courses completed) are a better predictor of academic success than entrance examinations. Discusses technical aspects of the study and social implications of its results. (MJP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Access to Education, Admission Criteria
Peer reviewedAkande, Bolanle E. – Comparative Education, 1987
Examines the issue of equality of opportunity and social mobility in terms of differences between urban and rural young people in South-Western Nigeria, focusing particularly on those handicaps associated with female disadvantage. Reports results of interviews with 359 rural and urban female secondary school students. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Access to Education, Adolescents, Comparative Education
Download full textHopf, Diether – 1986
This study examined social class indicators of Greek migrants to the Federal Republic of Germany and non-migrants since 1960 to test the hypotheses that migrant workers as a majority are a positive select group (as compared to non-migrants of the same place of origin and time period) in terms of characteristics relevant to educational success and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Access to Education, Educational Discrimination
Martin, Oneida L. – 1988
For more than three decades, the courts have attempted to resolve the effects of desegregation on educational quality and educational access. This report reviews a recent court ruling on the 26-year-old desegregation case, Mapp versus Board of Education, in relation to emerging demographic patterns in the Chattanooga (Tennessee) Public Schools…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Access to Education, Black Students, Demography
Richardson, Richard C., Jr. – 1990
More than half of entering community college students lack the basic skills required to do college-level academic work. Blacks, Hispanics, and American Indians disproportionately rely on community colleges as their point of initial access to higher education, making the issue of preparation inherently tied to factors of race and ethnicity. In some…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Academic Aspiration, Access to Education
