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MBA Admissions Requirements as Predictors of Motivational Beliefs and Self-Regulatory Strategies in Self-Selected Online MBA Students
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Salik, Steven H. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Driven by a variety of factors, online learning has continued to grow at an unprecedented rate. A Sloan Foundation report issued in January of 2010 indicated that in 2009, 4.6 million students took at least one online class, an increase in 17% over 2008. Graduate business education, and more specifically, Master of Business Administration (MBA)…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Core Curriculum, Academic Achievement, Online Courses
Predicting Academic Performance in Graduate Business Programs: When Does Age Make a Difference?
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Palmer, John C.; Wright, Robert E. – Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 1996
A study of 86 students in a master's of business administration program found that age was not a statistically significant predictor of performance for the full sample. However, it was negatively related to performance for students over age 32 and for older students with low verbal scores on the Graduate Management Admissions Test. (SK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Business Administration Education, Graduate Study
Predicting Final Student Performance in a Graduate Business Program: The MBA
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Truell, Allen D.; Zhao, Jensen J.; Alexander, Melody W.; Hill, Inga B. – Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 2006
The twofold purpose of this study was (a) to determine if selected variables were significant predictors of final MBA student program performance and (b) to determine if selected variables explained a significant proportion of the variance in final MBA student program performance at an AACSB-accredited university. Variables examined include age at…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Masters Programs, Program Effectiveness, Prediction
Evaluating the Predictive Validity of Graduate Management Admission Test Scores
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Sireci, Stephen G.; Talento-Miller, Eileen – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2006
Admissions data and first-year grade point average (GPA) data from 11 graduate management schools were analyzed to evaluate the predictive validity of Graduate Management Admission Test[R] (GMAT[R]) scores and the extent to which predictive validity held across sex and race/ethnicity. The results indicated GMAT verbal and quantitative scores had…
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, Grade Point Average, Ethnicity, Prediction