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Showing 1 to 20 of 268 for “"Graduation rates"”.
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Graduation rates, success and high school quality.
… is operationalized as college G.P.A., four year graduation, five year graduation and six year graduation. Ordinary least squares regression models, and hierarchical linear models are run to assess the relative effect of individual level variables and institutional level variables on students' …
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The Impact of Resource Allocation on Graduation Rates
… has come under increased scrutiny is student graduation rate. With revenue at many institutions expected to remain flat or in some cases decline over the next several years institutions must find a way to strategically allocate their funds so as to positively impacts student outcomes, in this …
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CAREER PATHWAYS’ IMPACT ON STATE ASSESSMENT, GRADUATION RATES AND SCHOOL LEADERSHIP
… assessment, and analyzed completion and dropout rates between CTE students in a career pathway and their non-CTE peers. A significant difference was found in English Language Arts (ELA), math and science TAKS scores, as well as in both completion and dropout rates. The role of CTE in public …
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Ninth-grade interventions and the impact on high school graduation rates
… not necessarily result in a positive change in graduation rates. The results indicate a statistically significant relationship between transition program interventions and graduation rates and a marginally significant relationship between the looping interventions and graduation rates. Grouping …
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College Graduation Rates of Hispanic Students: A Review of the Literature
… services on campuses have been shown to improve graduation rates, how passing the DREAM Act could help Hispanic students, how financial aid could be better distributed to help low-income students, and specific university policies that have been shown to improve college graduation rates for …
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Career and Technical Education (CTE) Graduation Rates in Tennessee: A Comparative Study.
… the military, or to employment upon high school graduation was significant in comparison to the state baseline for secondary placement. This study further compared CTE graduation rates to overall graduation rates. The graduation rates were compared based on gender as well. School systems that …
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The Graduation Rates of Career and Technical Education (CTE) Concentrators in Tennessee.
… quantitative study was to compare high school graduation rates between Career and Technical Education (CTE) concentrators and non-CTE concentrators. School systems in the state of Tennessee that offered CTE courses for the 2007-2008 (120 systems) or 2008-2009 (118 systems) school years were …
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The Relationship Between Categorical Expenditures and Graduation Rates at North Carolina Community Colleges
… relationships between expenditure categories and graduation rates. My population included the 58 North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS) schools between the years of 2004-2014 using ordinary least squares regression to test my research question. The data for this study were collected from …
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The Impact of State Characteristics on College Graduation Rates at Land-Grant Institutions
… and the nation, making college completion rates a top priority. Stakeholders have begun to equate graduation rates with institutional quality and performance and often use such data to make judgments, create policies, and allocate funding. However, graduation rates are not fully understood …
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Impact of Ninth Grade Disciplinary Alternative Education Program Assignments on Graduation Rates in Texas
… Alternative Education Programs (DAEPs) have on graduation outcomes. This study aimed to add to the literature by exploring the connection between multiple assignments to DAEPs and four-year graduation outcomes for students in Texas. DAEPs are a form of exclusionary discipline that have existed …
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Graduation Rates of Career and Technical Education (CTE) Concentrators in Kentucky: A Comparative Study
… was driven by the desire to determine if graduation rates of high school students in Kentucky are significantly affected when they decide to concentrate on a Career and Technical Education (CTE) career pathway. To clarify, the research questions that prompted this study seek to find out if …
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AN ANALYSIS OF A PLAN TO IMPROVE THE GRADUATION RATES IN JOHNSTON COUNTY SCHOOLS
… effective strategies designed to improve graduation rates in rural school districts. Specifically, few studies have presented information based solely upon the voices of practitioners themselves in solving the graduation crisis in America’s public schools. This study will add to the …
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The effect of disability disclosure on the graduation rates of college students with disabilities
Previous studies on postsecondary graduation rates indicated that college students with disabilities have lower graduation rates than students without disabilities. As many college students do not disclose their disability to their institution upon enrollment, the effect of the timing of disability …
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Retention and Graduation Rates as Performance Indicators in 2-Year and 4-Year Postsecondary Institutions
… indicators – specifically, retention and graduation indicators - that impact allocation of the ever-dwindling public sources of money. Decreasing revenue trends make understanding the performance indicators that are often used to fund postsecondary institutions very important. There is a …
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Disproportionate Graduation Rates of Students in the Foster Care System: The Influence of Teacher Preparedness
… rank as having one of the significantly lowest graduation rates across local, state, and national levels. Purpose: This study explores the influence teachers’ experience while teaching students in the foster care system has on student graduation achievement. This study seeks to answer the …
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An Examination of NCAA Division I-A Football Program Success and Student-Athlete Graduation Rates.
… success had a relationship to student-athlete graduation rates. Graduation rate data for 2001 were obtained from the NCAA and cumulative five-year records of selected NCAA Division I-A football programs determined winning percentage for the years 1996-2000. The data were examined by correlating …
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African American administrators' perspectives: Improving African American male high school graduation rates in San Joaquin County
… of African American administrators on improving graduation rates of African American male public high school students in San Joaquin County. Barriers to graduation completion in San Joaquin County public high schools continue to leave stakeholders looking for solutions to change the status quo …
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Graduation Rates in South Carolina Public High Schools: The Effect of School Size and Socioeconomic Status
<p>This study included a comparison of the graduation rates among high schools in South Carolina closely analyzing school size and socioeconomic status. The purpose for the study was to answer two questions: What patterns and relationships exist between school size and graduation rates at high …
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