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Collier, Daniel A.; Fitzpatrick, Dan; Houston, Derek A.; Archer, Eric – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2022
This study compares Kalamazoo Promise (KPromise) students to non-Promise, public high school graduating students at a 4-year institution. The final sample for this study was N=9,969; n = 310 (3%) were KPromise students. Descriptive analysis suggests that KPromise students were racially more diverse and less affluent than non-Promise students.…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Public Schools, Student Diversity, Socioeconomic Status
Ferguson, Heather Loraine – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Problem: Higher education serves many stakeholders including students, parents, faculty, staff, university administrators, and other contributors. Those stakeholders are all linked with one purpose: the success of the student. That success or failure is most commonly measured by achievement through grade point average (GPA). The academic demands…
Descriptors: Motivation, Self Efficacy, Correlation, Academic Achievement
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Breen, Edward; Dulaney-Sorochak, Jeanne – 1978
The purpose of this study was to examine and compare the drop or withdrawal policies of the 29 tax-supported community colleges in Michigan, and to determine whether Macomb County Community College (MCCC) will have proportionately more hours dropped than most. As MCCC does not require formal withdrawal applications, permits withdrawal at any time,…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Administrative Policy, Community Colleges, Courses