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Direct linkSummerville, Bernadette M. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The door to college is open for increasing numbers of students for whom adapting to college may be a great challenge (Kamphoff, Hutson, Amundsen, & Atwood, 2007). Hansen (1998) noted that the overall academic preparation level has declined for students entering college and that academic disengagement in college has increased among many…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, College Freshmen, Research Universities, Grade Point Average
Download full textDeil-Amen, Regina; Goldrick-Rab, Sara – Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education (NJ1), 2009
By probing the micro-level interactions and experiences shaping students' thoughts, behaviors, and decisions during college the authors hope to generate a better picture of how individuals enact the intersection of their own agency with their given social context. Such insights may enable a more accurate and meaningful interpretation of the…
Descriptors: Reverse Transfer Students, Grade Point Average, Social Environment, Social Capital
White, Bradford R.; Mullin, Christopher M.; Brown, Kathleen Sullivan – Illinois Education Research Council, 2009
In 2001, Illinois began administering the ACT (American College Testing) test to all 11th graders in Illinois public schools as part of the Prairie State Achievement Exam (PSAE). For the first time, ACT scores and background information were available for most public-school students who would be completing high school one year later, rather than…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Associate Degrees, Grade 11, Bachelors Degrees
