Graduate Time Study. 1992.

Institution	Harrisburg Area Community Coll., PA. Office of Institutional Research.
Titel	Graduate Time Study. 1992.
Quelle	(1994), (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Age; Associate Degrees; College Graduates; Community Colleges; Day Students; Educational Certificates; Evening Students; Full Time Students; Part Time Students; Postsecondary Education; Predictor Variables; Student Characteristics; Time Factors (Learning); Time to Degree; Two Year Colleges + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Alter; Lebensalter; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Community college; Community College; Bildungsabschluss; Schulzeugnis; Vollzeitstudium; Part-time students; Teilzeitstudent; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Prädiktor
Abstract	To determine the average time students take to complete an associate degree, certificate, or diploma, Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC), in Pennsylvania, conducted a study of all 944 students who graduated during the 1991-92 academic year. Data for the sample were gathered related to age, sex, grade point average, academic major, attendance of at least one semester at HACC, credits earned at HACC at time of graduation, year started at the college, and number of semesters attended. Study findings included the following: (1) 63% of the graduates were female, 94% were white, and the mean age was 29.6 years old; (2) on average, degrees were achieved in 5.6 years, certificates in 5.3 years, and diplomas in 1.2 years; (3) about 60% of degree certificate students graduated in 4 or fewer years; (4) for degree students, those who attended at least one semester full-time graduated sooner than those attending only part-time; (5) age was the most important predictor of time taken to complete a degree, with nearly all of the students 22 years or younger graduating in 4 years and less than half of the students older than 22 doing so; (6) GPA was also related to enrollment periods, with students with higher GPA's tending to graduate sooner than those with lower GPA's; and (7) while the time needed to graduate decreased as the number of transfer credits increased, the difference was slight. Nine data tables are included. (KP)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC