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Peer reviewedPedrini, Bonnie C.; Pedrini, D. T. – College Student Journal, 1977
The study investigated effectiveness of an experimental program for disadvantaged students. It was contrasted to a control program and to the freshman population relating sex, race, financial aid, special instruction, general achievement/aptitude, and attrition/persistence with GPA. Experimental courses elevate GPAs; regular courses do not.…
Descriptors: College Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Grade Point Average, Higher Education
PDF pending restorationDonnangelo, Frank P. – 1976
The significance of the difference between two groups of suspended probationary students was measured to determine the effect of a counseling program on the academic suspension rate. Students (N=1,160 or 61%) suspended at the end of the Fall 1977 semester were compared with probationary students (N=1,325 or 59%) who were introduced to the special…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Probation, Community Colleges, Counseling Services
Download full textPascarella, Ernest T.; Terenzini, Patrick T. – 1975
This study, done at Syracuse University in 1975, investigated the multidimensional differences in freshman perceptions and experience of the academic and non-academic aspects of college associated with varying amounts of informal contact with faculty. Discriminant analysis indicated that factor dimensions, termed Interest Value, Practical Appeal…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Environment, College Faculty, College Freshmen
