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Predicting Graduation Rates at 4-Year Broad Access Institutions Using a Bayesian Modeling Approach
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Crisp, Gloria; Doran, Erin; Salis Reyes, Nicole A. – Research in Higher Education, 2018
This study models graduation rates at 4-year broad access institutions (BAIs). We examine the student body, structural-demographic, and financial characteristics that best predict 6-year graduation rates across two time periods (2008-2009 and 2014-2015). A Bayesian model averaging approach is utilized to account for uncertainty in variable…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Predictor Variables, Student Characteristics, Institutional Characteristics
Examining the Effects of Institutional and Cohort Characteristics on Retention Rates
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Pike, Gary R.; Graunke, Steven S. – Research in Higher Education, 2015
Despite being criticized as unrepresentative and misleading, retention and graduation rates are an important part of college-search web sites and accountability systems, and they frequently have been used as indicators of institutional quality and effectiveness in educational research. Retention and graduation rates are often compared over time…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Cohort Analysis, Student Characteristics, Graduation Rate