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Direct linkEmily V. Saland – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This single site case study investigated the phenomenon of narrowly missed on-time graduation (bachelor's degree completion within four years rather than five) among first-time, full-time undergraduate students at one private residential college in the Northeastern United States. Lengthening time to an undergraduate degree is a national trend; the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Bachelors Degrees, Educational Attainment, Time to Degree
Bullock, Casey Dee – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Policymakers at the state and national levels have identified college completion as a key policy priority. The proportion of adults with a college credential has decreased and the equity gap in college completion is expanding. Given this policy context, there is an interest in the extent to which degree pathways are inefficient and how these…
Descriptors: Time to Degree, Bachelors Degrees, College Graduates, State Universities
Futch, Karon Wilkerson – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This regression study examined the set of graduate characteristics (age, gender, ethnicity), as well as Grade Point Average Motivation, and environmental factors (program of study, use of career services, internship completion, Grade Point Average) that predicted time to in-field employment among associate degree graduates. Graduates ranging from…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Technical Institutes, Time to Degree, College Graduates
Chappell, Jean Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine the role of prior learning assessment (PLA) in postsecondary degree completion for adult community college students at Mountwest Community and Technical College (MCTC). The study group consisted of 339 MCTC graduates, who applied PLA credits toward degree completion between the academic year 2006 and 2011.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Prior Learning, Adult Students, Two Year College Students
Dabney, Katherine Patricia Traudel – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education has become a critical focus in the United States due to economic concerns and public policy (National Academy of Sciences, 2007; U.S. Department of Education, 2006). Part of this focus has been an emphasis on encouraging and evaluating career choice and persistence factors among…
Descriptors: Females, STEM Education, Physical Sciences, Career Choice
Runyan, Lisa M. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine time and efficiency to undergraduate degree completion. Four dependent variables were examined including semesters enrolled, semesters elapsed, graduation efficiency index (GEI), and alternative GEI. Many independent variables were assessed to determine if they had a correlation to time or…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Undergraduate Students, Time to Degree, Graduation
