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Direct linkWard, Terri; Jacobs, Jonathan; Thompson, Roger T. – College and University, 2016
The number of international students enrolling at U.S. higher education institutions has increased dramatically in the last 20 years. U.S. institutions welcome these students as they affirm their academic reputation and their claims to provide a global experience for domestic students. Is this student group being served effectively? The increase…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, College Freshmen, Academic Achievement, Grade Point Average
Curs, Bradley R.; Harper, Casandra E. – Review of Higher Education, 2012
Using a regression discontinuity design, we investigate whether a merit-based financial aid program has a causal effect on the first-year grade point average of first-time out-of-state freshmen at the University of Oregon. Our results indicate that merit-based financial aid has a positive and significant effect on first-year collegiate grade point…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Low Income, Student Financial Aid, College Freshmen
Download full textJacobs, Jonathan; North, Tom – Oregon University System, 2008
A dual credit course is a college/university level course that is taught at a high school, by a high school teacher, in partnership with a community college (CCWD) or Oregon University System (OUS) institution. Successful completion of a dual credit course counts as credit for both high school and college. In 2005-06, about 12,000 students took…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, College Credits, High School Students, Program Effectiveness
Oregon Univ. System, Eugene. – 2003
This study examined the performance of Oregon University System (OUS) students on 10th grade benchmark standards and subsequent performance in their first year of college. Participants, identified using 1999-00 state data from the Oregon Department of Education, included students who participated in state assessment while in high school and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Benchmarking, College Freshmen, Grade Point Average
