Answers in the Tool Box. Academic Intensity, Attendance Patterns, and Bachelor's Degree Attainment.

Autor/in	Adelman, Clifford
Institution	National Inst. on Postsecondary Education, Libraries, and Lifelong Learning (ED/OERI), Washington, DC.
Titel	Answers in the Tool Box. Academic Intensity, Attendance Patterns, and Bachelor's Degree Attainment.
Quelle	(1999), (141 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Academic Achievement; Academic Persistence; Bachelors Degrees; College Admission; College Outcomes Assessment; High Schools; Higher Education; Longitudinal Studies; Predictor Variables; Remedial Instruction; Secondary School Curriculum; Statistical Surveys; Student Surveys; Tables (Data); Time to Degree + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; 'Bachelor''s degrees'; Bachelor-Studiengang; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; High school; Oberschule; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Prädiktor; Förderkurs; Statistische Erhebung; Schülerbefragung; Tabelle
Abstract	This study of degree completion followed a national cohort of students from 10th grade (in 1980) through 1993 (High School and Beyond/Sophomore data base). Data included high school and college transcripts, test scores, and surveys. Using linear regression techniques, the study identified a model that accounts for about 43 percent of the variance in degree completion. The two most important variables identified were, first, academic resources a composite measure of the academic content and performance the student brings from secondary school, and, second, continuous enrollment. Major conclusions include the following: (1) since many students attend multiple institutions, institutional graduation rates are not very meaningful; (2) college admissions formulas that emphasize test scores and high school grade point average (rather than academic intensity and curriculum quality) are likely to produce lower degree completion rates; and (3) type and amount of remediation matters in relation to degree completion. Part 1 of the report constructs an index of student academic resources; Part 2 analyzes and/or reconstructs the major variables; Part 3 examines new attendance patterns and their significance; and Part 4 builds statistical models to explain findings. Five appendices include technical notes, additional tables, and examples. (Contains 125 references.) (DB)
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