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Peer reviewedLang, Dwight – American Journal of Education, 1987
Analyzes a nationwide graduate student survey to examine the influence of social class, sex, race, undergraduate achievement, and rank of undergraduate institution attended on rank or prestige of their graduate school. The results represent a contradictory picture of stratification in the academic hierarchy and reflect specific mechanisms that…
Descriptors: Class Rank, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Racial Differences
Download full textFreeberg, Norman E.; And Others – 1989
An initial study of the revised (1985) Student Descriptive Questionnaire (SDQ) of the College Board found it to be of sufficient accuracy to fulfill its intended purposes. This second phase examined the adequacy of the SDQ in terms of the predictive validity of its student academic self-report information against a criterion of first-year college…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Rank, College Freshmen, Grade Point Average
Peer reviewedSchwartz, Audrey James – Journal of Legal Education, 1980
A portion of a larger survey study of the socialization of law students is reported. Focus is on student perceptions and idealized views of law, lawyers, and legal education in general and changes in these attitudes influenced by exposure to law school over a seven-month period during the first year. (JMD)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Class Rank, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
House, J. Daniel – 1994
This study investigated the efficacy of noncognitive variables and academic background for the prediction of college grade performance and persistence. A total of 7,377 new first-year college students participated in the study, completing demographic questionnaires at the start of the school year. Data were also collected on American College Test…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Class Rank, College Freshmen
Jacobs, Lucy Cheser; And Others – 1982
Students at Indiana University, Bloomington who were enrolled in the University Division in the 1979 spring or summer semester but who did not reenroll in the 1979 fall semester were surveyed. The 687 responding students were classified as academic dismissals (32 percent), voluntary withdrawals, (51 percent), or intercampus transfers (17 percent),…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Class Rank, College Attendance
Jackson, Rex – 1976
Summaries of Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) score statistics (means, standard deviations, and the number of students taking the test) are presented for students grouped according to testing years (for 1956-57 to 1975-76) and according to high school classes (from 1966-67 to 1975-76). For recent years, mean scores for geographical regions and for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Class Rank, College Bound Students
