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Peer reviewedSt. Clair, Karen L. – Innovative Higher Education, 1999
Compulsory attendance policies have been instituted in higher education with the expectation that academic achievement will improve, but empirical research on this relationship is equivocal. One theory of motivation posits that students' motivational beliefs, classroom context, and student behaviors are important variables in academic achievement.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrative Policy, Attendance Patterns, Behavior Patterns
