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Peer reviewedCash, Joe; McDonald, Toni – Journal of Studies in Technical Careers, 1992
Analysis of records of 50 first-year students in automotive technology identified American College Test (ACT) math score as a significant predictor of first-year performance. High school rank and composite ACT score were not significant predictors of college grade point average. (SK)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Auto Mechanics, Class Rank, College Freshmen
Download full textWilczenski, Felicia L.; Gillespie-Silver, Patricia – 1991
The study explored the qualifications of learning-disabled college students by examining the academic performance (first year grade point average--GPA) of 179 learning-disabled and 249 nonlearning-disabled students classified by two objective admission criteria--either Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or high-school class rank. Overall, the scores…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Class Rank, College Admission
Crooks, Terence J. – 1980
Six widely used college admissions variables and four course-specific measures (tests of entering mathematical skills and physics knowledge, and indexes of previous study of mathematics and physics) were correlated with final marks for 495 students in an introductory college physics course. The college admissions variables included scores on…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Class Rank, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations
Peer reviewedLarose, Simon; Robertson, Donald U.; Roy, Roland; Legault, Frederic – Research in Higher Education, 1998
Reports two studies hypothesizing that nonintellectual learning dispositions are as important as intellectual assets in predicting college student success. One study was conducted with 298 low-risk francophone students in Canada; the second involved 179 academically at-risk students in the United States. Implications of the results for selection,…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Class Rank
Hengstler, Dennis D.; Reichard, Donald J. – 1980
A recent decline in the ability to predict first-year grade point average using the traditional regression analyses incorporating Scholastic Aptitude Tests (SAT) and high school rank as predictors fostered an investigation of the effectiveness of alternative procedures to predict academic success. Four procedures were investigated and compared,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrative Policy, Admission Criteria, Class Rank
Manski, Charles F.; And Others – 1983
The processes of choosing a college and being accepted by a college are analyzed, based on data on nearly 23,000 seniors from more than 1,300 high schools from the National Longitudinal Study of the Class of 1972. Econometric modeling and descriptive statistics are provided on: student behavior in selecting a college, choosing school/nonschool…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Aptitude Tests, Class Rank, College Admission
Fearing, Arleen D. – 1996
This report reviews the literature on minority nursing students including the identification of high risk students, admission policies, evaluation methods and prediction of success of nursing students since the mid-1980s. The review finds that many variables have been used in research studies to identify at-risk students, to predict nursing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Bachelors Degrees, Class Rank
