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Predictors of Persistence and Success in an Engineering Program.

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Levin, James; Wyckoff, John H. – NACADA Journal, 1995

A study (n=510) investigated students' cognitive and noncognitive variables predicting success and persistence in an undergraduate engineering program. Students performing well in science and mathematics and genuinely interested in engineering were more likely to persist and succeed. Predictor variables changed over the students' first two years.…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, College Students