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Download full textPike, Gary R.; Simpson, Mary Ellen – 1997
Building on previous research, this study examined the reciprocal relationship between academic achievement and satisfaction of 1001 seniors at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Students completed a survey which measured overall satisfaction, ratings of academic and social experiences, whether the student would recommend the university to a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Seniors, Educational Attainment, Grades (Scholastic)
Pike, Gary R. – 1992
This study evaluated two competing explanations of the learning-satisfaction relationship in the college experience. The first model represents a true relationship between reported learning and satisfaction, while the second model treats this relationship as an artifact of a halo effect. The study took place at the University of Tennessee,…
Descriptors: Alumni, College Seniors, Graduate Surveys, Higher Education
Pike, Gary R. – 1993
This study examined the relationship between work experiences and alumni satisfaction with their college experience at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK). As part of a campus-wide assessment program in 1988, all seniors completing the UTK general education testing requirement were administered a survey designed to elicit information…
Descriptors: Alumni, Attitudes, College Seniors, Higher Education
Peer reviewedPike, Gary R. – Research in Higher Education, 1991
A study used a latent variable model with various factors to examine the relationship between college student grades and satisfaction. Results suggest satisfaction is a stronger influence on grades than vice versa. It is recommended that popular recursive models be reevaluated because nonrecursive models may more accurately represent effects.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Grades (Scholastic), Higher Education
Pike, Gary R. – 1989
The relationship between job performance and job satisfaction was evaluated using a longitudinal model. During the winter quarter of 1987, approximately 2,000 students at the University of Tennessee (Knoxville) received a student satisfaction survey designed to measure student opinions about programs and services at the university and department…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, College Students, Higher Education, Job Performance
Peer reviewedPike, Gary R. – Research in Higher Education, 1993
Two competing models of the relationship between college graduates' perceived learning and satisfaction with the college experience are examined, one representing a true effect and one treating the relationship as an artifact of the halo effect. It is recommended that researchers be cautious in interpreting self-reports of learning and…
Descriptors: College Graduates, College Outcomes Assessment, Comparative Analysis, Graduate Surveys
