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The Effect of Honors Courses on Grade Point Averages
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Spisak, Art L.; Squires, Suzanne Carter – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2016
High-ability entering college students give three main reasons for not choosing to become part of honors programs and colleges; they and/or their parents believe that honors classes at the university level require more work than non-honors courses, are more stressful, and will adversely affect their self-image and grade point average (GPA) (Hill;…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Honors Curriculum, Academic Achievement, Program Attitudes