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Direct linkBowman, Alayne J. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
While students have enrolled in college at increased rates since 1996, graduation rates have remained mostly stagnant (NCES, 2022). First-generation Appalachian students, specifically, had lower college completion rates but higher college enrollment rates than their peers (ARC, 2018). Since 2007, researchers have supported the use of non-cognitive…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Success, Academic Persistence, Graduation Rate
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Download full textYe, Cheng; Biswas, Gautam – Journal of Learning Analytics, 2014
Our project is motivated by the early dropout and low completion rate problem in MOOCs. We have extended traditional features for MOOC analysis with richer and higher granularity information to make more accurate predictions of dropout and performance. The results show that finer-grained temporal information increases the predictive power in the…
Descriptors: Large Group Instruction, Online Courses, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Tennant, Dennis – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this descriptive causal-comparative study was to examine persistence to graduation of student cohorts with 60+ credit hours earned who are native to the university and transfer students coming into Tennessee Technological University with 60+ credit hours previously earned at a community college. Data were obtained for each student…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Academic Persistence, College Transfer Students, Statistical Analysis
Owens, Robert L., II – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine further, the factors at a Predominantly White College or University (PWCU) that may affect the first-year retention and six-year graduation of African-American (AA) and non-AA students. Biographical and descriptive data was obtained for each student entering Tennessee Technological University (TTU) from the…
Descriptors: African American Students, College Freshmen, School Holding Power, Graduation
Herlihy, Corinne – National High School Center, 2007
The transition into high school is a critical point in the educational pipeline, and ninth-grade can be characterized as one of its leakiest junctures. This policy brief examines how some states and districts are currently easing the transition into high school for students. It focuses on five key challenges that states, districts and schools…
Descriptors: High Schools, Grade 9, Dropout Prevention, School Statistics
Paul B. Webb – ProQuest LLC, 2005
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between and among various demographic and test score data with American College Testing (ACT) scores in 281 Tennessee high schools. This study also addressed which high school characteristics were related to the number of students meeting the ACT requirement for Tennessee lottery…
Descriptors: Scores, College Entrance Examinations, Value Added Models, High Schools
