Predicting Degree Completion: Examining the Interaction between Orientation Course Participation and Ethnic Background

Autor/in	Derby, Dustin C.
Titel	Predicting Degree Completion: Examining the Interaction between Orientation Course Participation and Ethnic Background
Quelle	In: Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 31 (2007) 11, S.883-894 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1066-8926
Schlagwörter	Student Participation; School Orientation; White Students; Interaction; Ethnicity; Racial Differences; African American Students; Hispanic American Students; Graduation; Community Colleges; College Students; Predictor Variables; Program Effectiveness + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Interaktion; Ethnizität; Rassenunterschied; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Abschluss; Graduierung; Community college; Community College; Collegestudent; Prädiktor
Abstract	This article reports an examination of the predictive nature of orientation course participation and degree completion. It also inspects the potential interactions between ethnic background, orientation course participation, and degree completion. Although interaction terms for African American and Hispanic student participation in orientation courses were not significantly predictive of degree completion, a significant main effect was found for orientation course participation and degree completion. Graduation for students who participated in the orientation course was 72 times higher than for nonparticipants. This main effect--as well as the interaction term for White students participating in the orientation course--and degree completion accounted for 30% of the variance in the criterion of variable degree completion. (Contains 1 table.) (Author).
Anmerkungen	Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/default.html
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10