A Research Report on the Fall 1988 Mid-Term Deficiency Follow-Up Project.

Autor/in	McCarthy, Frederick J.
Institution	Jefferson Community Coll., Watertown, NY.
Titel	A Research Report on the Fall 1988 Mid-Term Deficiency Follow-Up Project.
Quelle	(1989), (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Failure; Academic Persistence; Academic Standards; Community Colleges; Grades (Scholastic); High Risk Students; Program Effectiveness; Program Evaluation; Two Year College Students; Two Year Colleges; Withdrawal (Education) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community college; Community College; Notenspiegel; Problemschüler; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Kursabbruch
Abstract	For over 15 years, the Dean for Educational Services at Jefferson Community College (New York) has regularly identified and written to students whose mid-term grades indicated that they were in potential academic jeopardy. During fall 1988, a study was conducted to measure the effect of this intervention strategy on grades and persistence. Of the 106 students who received two or more F's, Incompletes, or Y's (abandonment grades) at mid-term, 54 were sent a letter explaining the significance of their grades and encouraging them to consult with their advisor or division chair or to complete the formal withdrawal process if they did not intend to complete the semester. Study findings included the following: (1) half of the students who received the letters and half of those who did not acted upon their mid-semester grades by exercising the college's course withdrawal option or by improving their grades; (2) the students who received the letters had a higher number and ratio of withdrawal grades than those who were not contacted; (3) among students who did not withdraw, both groups showed similar final grade distributions; (4) both the students who received the letters and those who did not had significantly more Y grades at the end of the semester than at mid-semester; (5) students who received the letters had a 61% fall-to-spring persistence rate, while those who did not had a persistence rate of 44%; and (6) of the 106 students in academic jeopardy at mid-term, 50 received letters of academic censure at the end of the semester. (AYC)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01