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Download full textIllinois State Board of Higher Education, Springfield. – 1995
This report examines undergraduate persistence and time to degree at public universities in Illinois, focusing on the year-to-year persistence of cohorts of freshmen students admitted to 10 universities between 1983 and 1993. It also examines the public university graduating class of 1993-94 and describes the factors influencing time to degree. It…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Age Differences, Bachelors Degrees, College Students
Lussier, Thelma G. – 1995
The completion rate and median time to degree of three doctoral cohorts at the University of Manitoba were analyzed by gender and by field of study and the results were compared to studies elsewhere. To evaluate factors affecting students' progress, a mail questionnaire was sent in the fall of 1993 to all students (N=105) first admitted to the…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, Departments, Doctoral Degrees
Lederman, Douglas – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1993
Data from a National Collegiate Athletic Association survey indicate trends in graduation rates, length of time in school, and student financial aid for men, women, minority groups, and all colleges students. Graduation rates at 298 Division I institutions for all students and for men and women athletes are presented. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Athletes, Basketball, College Athletics
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 reviewedPloskonka, James – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1993
Since 1958, the National Research Council has gathered information on doctoral recipients. This information, available annually in data tape form to supplying institutions, offers an opportunity to improve understanding of progress toward the doctorate and the way it relates to discipline, finances, gender, and age. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Age Differences, Databases, Doctoral Degrees
Wlodkowski, Raymond J.; Mauldin, Jennifer E.; Gahn, Sandra W. – 2001
This report reviews a study to identify individual factors that affect adult learners' success and persistence in college programs. Part 1, a historical analysis, uses past records of students to analyze patterns of persistence and success. It examines how demographic variables relate to continuing enrollment, grade point average (GPA), and degree…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Acceleration (Education), Adult Dropouts, Adult Students
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, Oklahoma City. – 1996
A study investigated bachelor's degree completion times and related factors for students in Oklahoma higher education institutions. Data were drawn from survey information on 1,399 college freshmen in 1995 and cohort data on the entire freshman population of 37,059 in 1988. Analyses focus on comparison of students' expected and actual…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Advanced Placement, Age Differences
