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Kelli A. Bird; Benjamin L. Castleman; Zachary Mabel; Yifeng Song – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2021
Colleges have increasingly turned to predictive analytics to target at-risk students for additional support. Most of the predictive analytic applications in higher education are proprietary, with private companies offering little transparency about their underlying models. We address this lack of transparency by systematically comparing two…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Higher Education, Predictive Measurement, Models
Picciano, Anthony G. – 1980
Student attrition at the College of Staten Island was investigated. The 2,786 students who left school from the spring 1979 semester to the fall 1979 semester were selected for analysis using a survey developed by the National Center for Higher Education Management Services. Responses were obtained from 452 former students. Study variables were…
Descriptors: College Attendance, College Students, College Transfer Students, Dropout Research
Hoyt, Tim – 1981
Data on student retention at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, are analyzed. The retention rate of full-time freshmen for each of the past five years is presented versus the projected effects of achieving the institutional enrollment goal each year until 1986. Retention increased by only .1 of 1 percent in 1980 as compared to just over 2…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, Departments, Enrollment Projections
Brigman, S. Leellen – 1978
The 4,987 freshmen who entered the Bloomington campus of Indiana University in the fall of 1977 were used to establish two schemes for predicting first-semester grade point averages. Three sets of prediction equations and a graphic scheme for determining probable grade point averages were provided. Entering freshmen norms were included for SAT…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, Grade Point Average
Nelson, Robert B.; Poremba, Gregory A. – 1980
Preliminary retention data on regular freshmen at the University of North Dakota (UND) are analyzed for 1976-80. It is shown that at the end of the freshmen year, approximately 25 percent of an entering class has left the university, with an additional 13 percent leaving by the end of their sophomore year. Data on freshmen attrition is provided by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Academic Persistence, College Freshmen
Frank, Austin C.; Jeffrey, Katharine M. – 1978
Impacts of both the originally proposed and the recently adopted University of California freshman admissions formulas on the regularly admitted freshman at Berkeley in the fall of 1972 and 1973 were assessed. The sex, ethnic characteristics, and graduation rates are examined for students who would have been included and excluded by the formulas.…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Aptitude Tests
Mann, Ronald A.; Walker, J. Kenneth – 1981
Results of a recent study of attrition, retention, and transfer within the system of public higher education in Kentucky are summarized. Attrition, retention, and transfer rates are presented by class level and institution for 1979-80. For first-time full-time freshmen, the university system had an attrition rate of 27.9 percent, ranging from 20.6…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, College Transfer Students