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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"College GPA"”.
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College GPA in personnel selection: Implications for adverse impact
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2026-08-01
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Meta-Analysis of the Predictive Validity of Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and American College Testing (ACT) Scores for College GPA
<p>The college admission systems of the United States require the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and American College Testing (ACT) examinations. Although, some resources suggest that SAT and ACT scores give some meaningful information about academic success, others disagree. The objective of this …
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College Student Adjustment: Examination Of Personal And Environmental Characteristics
<p>This study used a multi-dimensional model of college adjustment to examine the relationships between multiple layers of personal influences and college adjustment (academic, social, personal/emotional, attachment to the institution, and overall adjustment) among emerging adults in a large urban …
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Examining the role of the university environment, cultural congruity, social support, and self-efficacy on the academic persistence of black students attending predominantly white institutions and historically black colleges or universities
… fit and support), learning experience (i.e. college GPA) and cognitive (i.e. college self-efficacy) variables as hypothesized in SCCT. Results indicated that the hypothesized structural model provided poor fit to the data, self-efficacy did not significantly lead to intentions to persist, and …
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Graduation success of scholarship football players at Virginia Tech, 1981-1983
Graduation success of college athletes is becoming as popular a phrase in the world of college sports as is the term Proposition 48. This phrase has derived from the inability of college athletes to obtain a degree after their playing eligibilities have ended. This study focused on several …
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The Role Of Academic Factors, Self-Efficacy, Mentoring Relationships, And Learning Communities In Persistance And Academic Success Of Freshmen College Students
… The current study surveyed 237 first time college students at a Midwestern university to determine the extent to which social-cognitive factors, such as high school GPA, ACT scores, first semester college GPA, college self-efficacy and perceptions of mentorship support influence freshmen's …
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Outcomes and Assessments of Illinois Community College Transfers at a Research I Institution
… academic achievement (measured by university GPA) and academic persistence toward the bachelor degree among students that successfully transfer to a highly selective institution. A cohort of Illinois public community college transfers from fall, 1998, spring 1999, fall 1999 and spring 2000 …
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Collegiate student-athletes' academic success : academic communication apprehension's impact on prediction models.
… for Student-Athlete Services provided precollege and college academic information (high school GPA, SAT/ACT score, collegiate GPA) and this information along with data provided by the participants was entered into a multiple regression analysis. The purpose of the study was to determine …
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Factors affecting retention of first-time, full-time freshmen students at higher education institutions within the Appalachian College Association
… affect the retention of first-time, full-time college freshmen to sophomore year. Institutions in the Appalachian College Association (ACA) were invited to participate, and nine of the 35 member schools provided data. The research questions were (1) Is there a relationship between retention for …
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Predicting Academic Success in College Using the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised
The prediction of success in college has received a substantial amount of research interest. A variety of predictor variables have been examined including personality and demographic variables as well as scores on standardized college entrance examinations. However, few studies have included the …
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Supportive Measures: An Analysis of the TRIO Program - Student Support Services at East Tennessee State University from 2001 – 2004
… comparison among the 3 groups. The cumulative college GPA, fall-to-fall retention, and 6-year graduation status of the 3 study groups were of primary interest in this study. Prediction models for these 3 variables were a secondary consideration. Thirteen research questions guided this study and …
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An Exploratory Study of the Relationship among Perceived Personal and Social Competence, Health Risk Behaviors, and Academic Achievement of Selected Undergraduate Students
… judgment skills; 11 health risk behaviors, and college grade point average (GPA). Descriptive statistics, correlations, and multiple regression analyses were calculated to determine relationships among these variables. Thirteen statistically significant correlations were found among personal and …
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Motivation and the SAT: what factors help determine college success past standardized testing
… education. The relationship between high school GPA (HSGPA), SAT Scores, college GPA (CGPA), and motivation factors were examined. Motivation was measured on the Motivational Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) developed by Paul Pintrich and Elizabeth de Groot. Ninety-two participants …
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An Examination of the Predictive Validity of National Survey of Student Engagement Benchmarks and Scalelets
… and student outcomes, specifically first-year college GPA and third semester retention status. Linear and logistic regressions were used to evaluate the relationships, controlling for high school GPA, gender, and race/ethnicity. The subscales were minimally predictive of first-year GPA, but not …
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Predicting Academic Achievement of Male College Students
… widen even further. Sixty-five percent of Black college enrollment is comprised of female students while Black men make up only 35%. In comparison, Asian college women outnumber Asian college men 54% to 46%, White women outnumber White men 56% to 44%, and Hispanic/Latina women outnumber …
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Community college student retention : an examination of student pre-entry attributes, academic experiences, and social experiences and the relationship to first-year persistence
… at an institution are related to community college student retention. Student data from a cohort of first-time students (N = 1089) attending a community college in southwest Missouri was analyzed to examine variables related to fall-to-fall student retention. Predictors of first-year …
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Predicting academic self-efficacy in foster care alumni
… dissertation explores academic self-efficacy in college students who were previously in foster care (termed “foster care alumni”). The research design is guided by and grounded in self-efficacy theory, using predictor variables aligned with Bandura’s (1982) four sources of self-efficacy (mastery …
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Relationships Among Predictors of Collegiate Performance, Introduction to College Life Courses, and Measures of Academic Success
… equation designed to predict cumulative college grade point average. The analyses included both traditional and non-traditional predictor variables. These variables included ACT composite scores, ACT math scores, ACT reading scores, high school GPA, high school percentile rank, …
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BEYOND THE SAT/ACT: AN EXAMINATION OF NON-COGNITIVE FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO STUDENTS' COLLEGE SUCCESS
… and ACT claim to predict students' success in college. Colleges and universities place a considerable emphasis on these test scores when reviewing and deciding on applicants. However, over the years, institutional leaders and academic researchers have questioned whether the SAT/ACT tests truly …
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Academic and athletic motivation: predictors of academic performance of college student-athletes at a Division III university
… and academic performance as measured by college GPA is statistically low. Additionally, there was a great deal of statistical significance in regards to academic and student athletic motivation. Overall, student-athletes are transferring their confidence and effort in the athletic domain …
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