A Comparison of the Rate of Success between Provisionally Accepted and Initially Matriculated Students in the Dowling Master of Business Administration Program.

Autor/in	Newman, James F.
Titel	A Comparison of the Rate of Success between Provisionally Accepted and Initially Matriculated Students in the Dowling Master of Business Administration Program.
Quelle	(1986), (46 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Praktikumsbericht; Academic Achievement; Academic Standards; Admission Criteria; Business Administration Education; College Admission; Dropout Rate; Failure; Grade Point Average; Graduate Study; Higher Education; Masters Programs; Performance Factors; School Holding Power; Selective Admission; Success + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Admission; Admission procedures; Zulassungsbedingung; Zulassungsverfahren; Zulassung; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Magister course; Magisterstudiengang; Leistungsindikator; Bildungsselektion; Erfolg
Abstract	This study was conducted to determine if there was a significant difference in the rate of success between initially matriculated and provisionally accepted students in the Master of Business Administration program at Dowling College (Oakdale, New York). Provisionally accepted students have met all admissions criteria except that they have scored less than 950, a score calculated by adding the Graduate Management Admission Test score to 200 times the undergraduate cumulative grade point average. An investigation into graduates' scores and grades revealed that a total of 87 were initially matriculated and 33 provisionally accepted. Statistical analyses, however, revealed no obviously significant difference between the grade point averages of the two groups; hence it was felt that evidence from the dropout rates would be needed to substantiate certain recommendations. When the transcript files were examined, it was found that 274 provisionally accepted students and 114 initially matriculated students had dropped out of the program, facts that added weight to the recommendations made. Recommendations included: procedures for maintaining dropout data need to be improved; the admissions score criterion should be more stringent and carefully adhered to; retention procedures should be studied and the best implemented; and admissions criteria and procedures in general should be studied, and admission decisions should be made by the admissions committee of the Master of Business Administration program. A 24-item bibliography is appended, as well as a 15-item reference list. (KM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC