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Yocarini, Iris E.; Bouwmeester, Samantha; Smeets, Guus; Arends, Lidia R. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2020
In this study, the consequences of allowing course compensation in a higher education academic dismissal policy are evaluated by examining performance on a second-year follow-up (i.e. sequel) course that builds on material from a first-year precursor course. Up to now, differences in the consequences of compensation on student performance across…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Academic Achievement, Undergraduate Students, College Curriculum
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Huerta, Jeffery; Watt, Karen M. – American Secondary Education, 2015
This quantitative study examined first-year university and community college students who were former Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) high school students. Participants in this study were students from groups that are underrepresented in higher education. In the first sample of 329 graduates, grade point average and college credit…
Descriptors: College Preparation, High School Graduates, College Bound Students, Two Year College Students
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Boyer, Kristy Elizabeth, Ed.; Yudelson, Michael, Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2018
The 11th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2018) is held under the auspices of the International Educational Data Mining Society at the Templeton Landing in Buffalo, New York. This year's EDM conference was highly competitive, with 145 long and short paper submissions. Of these, 23 were accepted as full papers and 37…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Analysis, Computer Science Education, Program Proposals
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Hess, Jonathan H.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1983
For 224 freshmen students, the degree of relationship was sought between two criterion measures (grade point average (GPA) and units satisfactorily completed) and four cognitive and eleven affective variables. High school GPA was the most valid predictor; affective variables explained only 40-60 percent as much variance as high school GPA.…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Cognitive Ability, College Credits, College Freshmen
Ekins, Judith M. – 1992
The skills and approaches to study were investigated for 549 students from Hong Kong/Macau enrolled in undergraduate distance learning courses with the East Asian Open Institute. The sample included students at all stages in their studies, from those in their first year to graduates with an ordinary degree and honors graduates. Correlations…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Adult Students, College Credits