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Colburn, Michael; Fox, Daniel E.; Westerfelt, Debra Kay – College and University, 2011
Prospective graduate students select a graduate program as a result of a multifaceted decision-making process. This study examines the selection criteria that part-time MBA students used in selecting a program at a private university. Further, it analyzes the methods by which the students first learned of the MBA program. The authors posed the…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Course Selection (Students), Evaluation Criteria, Performance Factors
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Nelson, C. Van; Leganza, Krystina K. – College and University, 2006
Gender was investigated along with other academic variables as predictors of success in entry-level freshman courses from liberal arts mathematics through calculus. The female students were more successful than the male students in all the courses, but gender became less significant as the sophistication level of the course increased. (Contains 16…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Mathematics Achievement, College Mathematics, College Freshmen
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Anderson, Joan L. – College and University, 2006
Data from graduate student applications at a large Western university were used to determine which factors were the best predictors of success in graduate school, as defined by cumulative graduate grade point average. Two statistical models were employed and compared: artificial neural networking and simultaneous multiple regression. Both models…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Grade Point Average, Predictor Variables, Success