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Moffatt, Gregory K. – 1993
This study of 570 (309 men and 261 women aged 16 to 60 years) undergraduate students in a small, regionally accredited, Southern church-related college was conducted to determine whether or not the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is a valid predictor of academic success for students who entered college late in life (after age 30 years). Data…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Students, Age Differences, Black Students
Sigworth, Denise – 1995
In winter 1995, Schoolcraft College, in Michigan, conducted a study to determine reasons why fall 1994 students withdrew from classes. Telephone interviews were conducted with 100 students who withdrew from at least one course and data on student characteristics were collected from student transcripts. Study results included the following: (1) the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research, Followup Studies
Bell, Andrew John – 1994
Though many would like to see a de-emphasis on grades in American higher education, three major reasons prevent this: student motivation, student perception, and the nature of American society. Students need extrinsic motivation and grades are the most effective of all student motivational tools. In addition, as evaluation is always oriented…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Rank, College Instruction, Competition
Campbell, John W.; Blakey, Linda S. – 1996
A longitudinal study evaluated whether early remediation affected the persistence and/or performance of underprepared students at a midwestern, suburban community college. The study focused on the 3,282 students who completed the basic skills inventory in either Fall 1991 or Fall 1992. Students were classified as either prepared (N=2,028) or…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Age Differences
Miller, Curtis A. – 1995
This report describes a program for improving motivation of eighth grade students. Attendance, grades, discipline referrals, and student surveys were used in measuring changes in student attitudes. Problems were documented from data showing grades, attendance, and discipline referrals from the second semester of the 1994-95 school year. A student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, At Risk Persons, Grade Point Average
Grayson, J. Paul – 1996
This study examined voluntary and involuntary withdrawal rates of students of various racial origins at York University in Ontario (Canada). Data were obtained from three surveys of first-year students conducted in 1993, 1994, and 1995, and involving 1,864 students. Information on Ontario Academic Credit (OAC) marks, first year grade point…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Academic Persistence, Black Students, College Students
Pomplun, Mark; And Others – 1991
This study, one of several examining a decline in the predictive validity of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and high school grades between 1975 and 1988, asks whether the criterion, freshman grade point average (FGPA), has changed. College Board tests usually thought of as predictors were used as proxies for the concurrent academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, College Freshmen, Educational Change
Schermer, Douglas G. – 1991
This study examined the effects of participation in Chapter 1 programs on students' educational outcomes. A total of 52 students at an elementary school in Maquoketa, Iowa, were divided into a primary group of students who participated in a Chapter 1 program during grades 1 or 2; an intermediate group of students who participated in a Chapter 1…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Demography, Elementary Education
Bontekoe, Jon F. – 1992
This study assessed whether or not the American College Test (ACT) is a good predictor of college success for students at Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights (Illinois) for students entering as freshmen in the fall semesters of 1988, 1989, 1990, and 1991. The total population of 477 included 188 males and 289 females. ACT scores, high…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Entrance Examinations, College Freshmen, Correlation
Sinclair Community Coll., Dayton, OH. Office of Institutional Planning and Research. – 1993
A study was conducted of 1991 graduates of Sinclair Community College (SCC) in Ohio to determine how many graduates had subsequently attended four-year institutions, how well these students had performed at the senior institutions, and the extent to which students believed their experiences at SCC had prepared them for their baccalaureate…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Saginaw Public Schools, MI. – 1993
As part of the baseline studies necessary for a new strategic plan for the Saginaw (Michigan) public schools, the relationship of grade point averages (GPAs), student absence, and Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) results were studied relative to the amount of shared variation common to each. All possible correlations were studied at…
Descriptors: Attendance, Correlation, Data Collection, Educational Assessment
Bridgeman, Brent; Harvey, Anne – 1998
The English Language Proficiency Test (ELPT) is a multiple-choice examination that is designed to assess the test taker's ability to use English in day-to-day interactions involving listening and reading. It is intended primarily as an admissions and placement test for college students with English as a second language. The ELPT consists of…
Descriptors: College Students, Concurrent Validity, English (Second Language), Grade Point Average
Jones, Janis Cox; And Others – 1991
In 1991, a longitudinal study was conducted of 1,786 students who had transferred from the Los Rios Community College (LRCC) District to the University of California at Davis (UCD) and to California State University at Sacramento (CSUS) during the 1983-84 academic year. The study examined the preparation, persistence, and performance of these…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis

Moyer, David F. – 1992
In spring 1992, a study was conducted at Lehigh County Community College (LCCC), in Pennsylvania, to compare transfer students' mean cumulative grade point average (GPA) at LCCC with their GPA at 26 transfer institutions throughout the state. This investigation differed from two previous LCCC studies, conducted in 1985 and 1989, in that it…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Associate Degrees, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Baldwin, Anne – 1993
While most associate in arts (AA) graduates who transfer to the Florida State University System (SUS) achieve satisfactory grade point averages, some do not. For Miami-Dade Community College (M-DCC) graduates, over 22% of the students in some disciplines have achieved grade point averages (GPA's) under 2.0. For the disciplines of…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Business Education, College Credits, College Transfer Students