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Harper, Betty J.; Lattuca, Lisa R. – Research in Higher Education, 2010
Over the past decade, continuous quality improvement (CQI) has emerged as a strategy for documenting and systematically building academic program quality. This study used a nationally representative sample of engineering faculty members and students to examine the influence of faculty members' CQI activities on the relationships between student…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Total Quality Management, Academic Achievement, Institutional Characteristics
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O'Brecht, Michael; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1989
Survey data from 458 former health science graduate students were examined for correlations between variables that might be used in selecting research training award recipients and successful training outcome defined as a highly productive research career. Four variables that showed promise as useful indicators of posttraining research are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Discriminant Analysis, Factor Analysis, Grades (Scholastic)
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Hagedorn, Linda Serra; Siadat, M. Vali; Fogel, Shereen F.; Pascarella, Ernest T.; Nora, Amaury – Research in Higher Education, 1999
A study using a path-analytic model compared first-year college students enrolled in remedial-type mathematics courses with counterparts enrolled in nonremedial coursework. Results revealed that students enrolled in nonremedial courses entered the institution with many advantages over those enrolled in remedial mathematics. Background variables…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, College Instruction, College Mathematics