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Taylor, Z. W.; Alsmadi, Izzat – Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, 2020
In an era of billions of dollars in outstanding student loan debt, researchers have posited that the U.S. News & World Report rankings continue to be an influential source of information for prospective students, yet these rankings do not include college affordability metrics in their ranking algorithm. As a result, this study performed a…
Descriptors: Paying for College, Universities, Institutional Characteristics, Achievement Rating
Zelizer, Deborah A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This quasi-experimental, nonequivalent control group study compared the impact of Ennis's (1989) mixed instructional methodology to the immersion methodology on the development of critical thinking in a multicultural, undergraduate senior-year learning community. A convenience sample of students (n =171) were selected from four sections of a…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Teaching Methods, College Seniors, Communities of Practice
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Smith, William R.; Edminster, Julie Horine; Sullivan, Kathleen M. – College and University, 2001
Examined the relationship between five independent variables (gender, race, ACT Composite Score, high school GPA, and Pell Grant status) and one dichotomous dependent variable (baccalaureate degree completion) at public colleges/universities in Mississippi. Found that high school GPA was generally the strongest predictor of degree completion,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Students, Degrees (Academic), High School Students