Race, Graduating Performance, and Admissions: Georgia State University's Freshman Index

Autor/in	Gayles, Jonathan
Titel	Race, Graduating Performance, and Admissions: Georgia State University's Freshman Index
Quelle	In: College and University, 82 (2006) 1, S.27-34 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-0889
Schlagwörter	Graduates; Grade Point Average; College Admission; Admission Criteria; Race; College Entrance Examinations; Correlation; Predictor Variables; White Students; Academic Achievement; African American Students; Asian American Students; Regression (Statistics); Higher Education; Selective Admission; SAT (College Admission Test) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Graduate; Absolvent; Absolventin; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; Admission; Admission procedures; Zulassungsbedingung; Zulassungsverfahren; Rasse; Abstammung; Aufnahmeprüfung; Korrelation; Prädiktor; Schulleistung; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bildungsselektion
Abstract	The Freshman Index, a combination of SAT score and high school grade point average, is the primary mechanism facilitating admissions decisions at Georgia State University. This article examines the relationships between these three admissions criteria and the graduating grade point averages of Asian, Black, and White six-year graduates. Additionally, this article examines the impact of limiting the analysis to graduates with "strong" (75th percentile) admissions criteria. This research indicates that the Freshman Index explains more variation in graduating grade point averages than either SAT score alone or high school grade point average alone for all graduates. However, caution is warranted as high school grade point average alone explains a comparable amount of variation in graduating grade point average and explains more variation for students with strong admission profiles. (Contains 5 tables, 3 figures, and 5 footnotes.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10