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Peer reviewedJohnson, Erica M.; Green, Kathy E.; Kluever, Raymond C. – Research in Higher Education, 2000
The Procrastination Inventory developed for use with doctoral students in clinical psychology was modified for use with all-but-dissertation students and doctoral graduates in a college of education. Factor and Rasch analyses of the revised measure identified three subscales: (1) procrastination, (2) perfectionism, and (3) graduate school comfort.…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral Dissertations, Graduate Students, Higher Education
Peer reviewedVolkwein, James Fredericks; Lorang, Wendell G. – Research in Higher Education, 1996
Analysis of transcripts and survey responses of undergraduate students in one university identified three types of student extenders (full-time students taking longer than normal to complete a degree), determined by financial need, grade-consciousness, and special situations. Characteristics of these groups are compared with those posited by…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Credits, College Students, Course Selection (Students)
Peer reviewedCooksey, Elizabeth C.; Rindfuss, Ronald R. – Research in Higher Education, 1994
A study drew on data from a major longitudinal study to examine whether graduate business administration students experienced a hiatus in educational careers and whether work/education profiles differed from other graduate students. Results indicate interrupting education between bachelor's and master's degrees correlates with part-time enrollment…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Business Administration Education, Graduate Students, Higher Education
Peer reviewedGillingham, Lisa; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1991
A study of 723 doctoral students investigated the relationship between time taken to complete the degree and economic factors, including employment hours, study hours, household income, indebtedness, amount and type of aid, and part-time student status. Field of study and foreign/domestic student status were also considered. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Debt (Financial), Doctoral Degrees, Economic Factors, Graduate Students
Peer reviewedAstin, Alexander W. – Research in Higher Education, 1997
National longitudinal retention data on 52,898 students at 65 colleges and universities were used to generate formulas for estimating any institution's expected retention rate based on its students' high school grades, admission test scores, and racial and gender composition. Separate formulas were computed for estimating degree completion rates…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Entrance Examinations, Ethnic Groups, Grades (Scholastic)
Peer reviewedSeagram, Belinda Crawford; Gould, Judy; Pyke, Sandra W. – Research in Higher Education, 1998
A study of 154 recent graduates of York University (Ontario) doctoral programs in natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities investigated the relationship of gender, discipline, characteristics of the supervisory relationship, student financial situation, participation in teaching and research assistantships, and enrollment status to the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Doctoral Degrees, Faculty Advisers, Graduate Students
Peer reviewedGillmore, Gerald M.; Hoffman, Phillip H. – Research in Higher Education, 1997
A graduation efficiency index for colleges and universities is computed by subtracting transfer credits from minimum degree credit requirements, dividing remainder by the sum of a student's enrollment census day credits. Analysis of results for University of Washington bachelor's degree recipients, show nontransfers graduated with more efficiency…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Bachelors Degrees, College Admission, College Credits
