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Dual Enrollment for All: Reasons and Ways to Make It Work. Lessons for Educators and Administrators from the Concurrent Courses Initiative
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James Irvine Foundation, 2012
A three-year study tracking outcomes for approximately 3,000 students across California shows that career-focused dual enrollment programs can provide important benefits for those who are underachieving and underrepresented in higher education. Dual enrollment, which allows high school students to take college courses and earn college credit, was…
Descriptors: College Credits, Dual Enrollment, Non English Speaking, Career Development
Validity of Faculty Judgments of Student Performance: Relationship between Grades and Credits Earned and External Criterion Measures.
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Smith, Dwight L. – Journal of Higher Education, 1992
A study analyzed validity and reliability of grades and credits earned by college students in five departments, as indicators of student learning. Results indicate positive, strong correlation between faculty-assigned grades and student performance on external criterion measures. Validity of credits was not as clear. Strong and consistent evidence…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Credits, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis
Comparison of Medical School Performances and Career Plans of Students with Broad and with Science-Focused Premedical Preparation.
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Koenig, Judith Anderson – Academic Medicine, 1992
A method for classifying students according to the breadth of their premedical preparation is presented, and medical school performances and career plans of students thus classified are compared. Grouping is according to undergraduate major, nonscience-to-science course hour ratio, and extracurricular involvement. The method is found useful for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, Classification, College Credits