The Influence of Students' Pre-College Characteristics, High School Experiences, College Expectations, and Initial Enrollment Characteristics on Degree Attainment

Autor/inn/en	Pike, Gary R.; Hansen, Michele J.; Childress, Janice E.
Titel	The Influence of Students' Pre-College Characteristics, High School Experiences, College Expectations, and Initial Enrollment Characteristics on Degree Attainment
Quelle	In: Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 16 (2014) 1, S.1-23 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1521-0251
DOI	10.2190/CS.16.1.a
Schlagwörter	Student Characteristics; Educational Experience; Correlation; Expectation; College Students; Enrollment; Computer Assisted Testing; College Entrance Examinations; Graduation; Predictor Variables; Risk; At Risk Students; Research Universities; Urban Schools; Measures (Individuals); Time to Degree; Multiple Regression Analysis; ACT Assessment; COMPASS (Computer Assisted Test) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungserfahrung; Korrelation; Expectancy; Erwartung; Collegestudent; Einschulung; Aufnahmeprüfung; Abschluss; Graduierung; Prädiktor; Risiko; Forschungseinrichtung; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Messdaten; Assessment; Eignungsprüfung; Eignungstest; Hochschulzulassung
Abstract	The present research examined the extent to which pre-college characteristics, high school experiences, college expectations, and initial enrollment characteristics were related to graduation from college. Data from admission applications, the "ACT Compass" survey, and initial enrollment measures for Fall 2004 and Fall 2005 first-time students were analyzed. Because almost one-third of the students had missing data, multiple imputation procedures were utilized. Results revealed that several measures of student characteristics, high school experiences, college expectations, and initial enrollment characteristics were consistently related to degree attainment. Other variables were related to a single degree-attainment measure. These results demonstrated that pre-matriculation data can be used to identify at-risk students, identify risk factors, and provide institution-specific benchmarks for evaluating efforts to improve degree attainment. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01