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April Wood Stewart – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This quantitative study used archived student records to determine which high school and postsecondary factors are the most significant predictors of college retention among 2,175 students enrolled at the University of West Georgia in Fall 2018. A two-tailed t-test was conducted for research questions one and two to analyze the high school GPAs…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, Academic Persistence, College Students, Grade Point Average
Vincent Okot – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This descriptive correlational study examined the predictive relationships between ACT composite scores, high school GPA, ACT testing attempts, and gender with teacher candidate's overall performance on the edTPA and each of the three edTPA instructional tasks (Task 1, Task 2, and Task 3). The edTPA is a portfolio-based subject-specific teaching…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Performance Based Assessment, Preservice Teachers, Student Teachers
Samuel Wayne Earls – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Early college entrance programs have existed in the United States since the 1950s, but in-depth research on academic success in these programs is lacking. Every year, early college entrance programs utilize a variety of data-gathering and candidate-screening techniques to select hundreds of students for admission into these accelerated programs.…
Descriptors: College Students, Early Admission, Success, Academic Achievement
Alysia A. Jenkins – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Empirical research on the predictors of the edTPA scores is growing in education literature. However, to date minimal empirical literature exists on edTPA and physical education as a specific program area. State policymakers, educator preparation program administration, and physical education teacher education faculty may benefit from…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Preservice Teachers, Physical Education Teachers, College Entrance Examinations
David Pael Saenz – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The purpose of this study was to analyze and determine the predictive power of individual and a combination of different indicators that are used to determine college readiness. For this study a logistic regression analysis was conducted due to the dichotomous nature of the dependent variable. The dependent variable for the study was the earning…
Descriptors: College Readiness, High School Students, Graduation Requirements, Advanced Placement Programs
Ridgeway, Adrienne A. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
With increased public accountability implemented by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for the academic success and graduation of student-athletes, colleges and universities are compelled to consider the influential factors of academic success or failure for collegiate student-athletes. This study explored pre-college academic and…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, College Athletics, Student Athletes, Academic Achievement
Adam Kenz – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this study is to investigate how high school academic and non-academic factors are related to college readiness and performance in freshman-level mathematics and science courses and retention in STEM fields. High school academic indicators for college readiness will include performance in high school science and mathematics courses,…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Predictor Variables, Academic Persistence, School Holding Power
Matilde Tchinda Tsayem – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of cognitive and non-cognitive factors on the academic achievement of female veteran students in a four-year university. Specifically, this research was interested in the influence of High School Grade Point Average (GPA), standardized test scores: Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) and American…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Veterans, Females, Veterans Education
Phillips, Jennifer Leigh – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of this quantitative study was to identify common traits of freshmen who chose to apply to the University of Mississippi each month, from July of the pre-matriculating year to September of the matriculating year. In examining the application date, the researcher examined the relationship between the freshman student's application…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Student Characteristics, College Applicants, Predictor Variables
Jamie J. White – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The purpose of this study was to examine the predictability of selected cognitive and non-cognitive factors on the academic achievement of first-year college students. Data were collected from over 150 freshman students enrolled at a Historically Black College and University located in the southern region of the United States. Data were examined…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Black Colleges, Predictor Variables, Grade Point Average
Kristen C. Betts – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This study explores a variety of variables with the intent of identifying specific student groups that may struggle with performance in a large general education course. The ultimate objective of this study is to facilitate the success of acknowledged at-risk students. Drawing in part on the theory of social capital, this study examines…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement, Large Group Instruction, General Education
Adam C. Elder – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to use a comprehensive framework to examine academic, psychosocial, noncognitive, and other background factors that are related to retention at a large, public four-year institution in the southeastern United States. Specifically, the study examined what factors are most important in predicting first-to-second year…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, College Students, Academic Persistence, Models
Perkins-Holtsclaw, Kala Jenea – ProQuest LLC, 2018
As the United States struggles to be globally competitive with the number of students completing a college degree higher education leaders continue seeking answers to improving student retention and graduation rates. Decades of research has been conducted on investigating factors that impact student retention and graduation with the majority of…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, College Students, Academic Persistence, Graduation Rate
Swafford, Stacy James – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study examined factors that may affect the retention of first-time, full-time college freshmen to sophomore year. Institutions in the Appalachian College Association (ACA) were invited to participate, and nine of the 35 member schools provided data. The research questions were (1) Is there a relationship between retention for students'…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, College Freshmen, Full Time Students, College Students
Kellner, Marlene F. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Currently, the same criteria are being used for admissions into nursing programs in one school of nursing in the Northeastern United States. To date there are no statistically significant data to correlate these criteria with successfully entering the nursing profession. Due to the nursing shortage, limited number of seats available in nursing…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Predictor Variables, Nursing Education, Nursing Students