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Showing 1 to 20 of 63 for “"credit hours"”.
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The Impact of Dual and Articulated Credit on College Readiness and Total Credit Hours in Four Selected Community Colleges
… provide high school students more academic dual credit and articulated credit opportunities to better prepare for a college education and improve college retention. The important role of high school course-taking in college readiness found in this study also suggests the need to ensure the rigor …
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A Study of Attrition in a Respiratory Care Associate Degree Program in a Northeast Tennessee Community College.
… gender, age, college-level GPA, college-level credit hours, and developmental requirements.</p> <p>Statistical tests revealed that college-level GPA, college-level credit hours, and developmental requirements influenced persistence within the population. The chi-square test of significance was …
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Transfer pathways in higher education: exploring differences between pathway and nonpathway student success after university transfer in one state system
… degree completions and reduce the number of credit hours accumulated beyond degree requirements. The purpose of this study was to explore whether Tennessee Transfer Pathway (TTP) enrollment was associated with differences in student success outcomes after transfer to one of the University of …
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Comparative effectiveness of selected remediation programs in postsecondary mathematics
… math courses following remediation, total credit hours earned to date, and overall grade point average. Outcome variables are evaluated not only for the correlated groups sample (N = 78), but for all students who failed the math portion of the TASP exam (N = 80) and for the entire …
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Student engagement and student characteristics as predictors of student academic achievement at Illinois community colleges
… was measured by grade point average and total credit hours. The predictive independent variables in this study were student engagement variables from the five standardized composite CCSSE benchmarks and the 38 individual variables from those benchmarks, and student characteristics. Descriptive …
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Assessing the Relationship between Student Involvement and Academic Performance in Higher Education
… gender. The cumulative GPAs and the number of credit hours in which the survey participants were enrolled during Fall Semester 2005 were obtained through a survey using TOPNET. Pearson product-moment correlations revealed statistically significant relationships between GPA and the number of …
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A Comparative Study of High School Academic Paths, Grade Point Averages, and ACT Composite Scores as Predictors of Success at Walters State Community College.
… success as measured by the number of college credit hours completed and college grade point averages at the end of the 1st semester and at the end of the 1st academic year. The study included 797 high school students entering the college in fall semester 2007 and completing their 1st academic …
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Influence of a Community College Developmental Education Writing Course on Academic Performance and Persistence
… grade point averages and complete more of their credit hours.
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A Study of Students Attending Tennessee Board of Regents Universities Who Participated in High School Dual Enrollment Programs.
… and completion and the number of college credit hours students earn before graduating high school. The number of credit hours a student earned was analyzed along with selected demographic characteristics and academic performance indicators to determine if any one of the variables was more …
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Faculty productivity as a factor in the financial conditions of two private universities
… as measured by the average number of student credit hours produced by each faculty member in selected units of two private universities of similar size is a significant variable in the financial conditions of the two institutions. The data are collected from the two institutions. The data are …
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Illuminating liminal spaces : a phenomenological investigation of Hispanic students' first-year experiences at a four-year university with prior dual credits
… university with a substantial amount of college credit hours earned through their dual credit program. These students occupy a liminal space because they are classified as first-time freshmen but hold enough college credit hours to be considered a sophomore or junior. Through this study, I …
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The Pinnacle of College Readiness Initiatives: An Examination of the Impact Early College High Schools have on Students from Underrepresented Minority Populations in Texas
… students who acquired three college credit hours in English Language Arts or Math, or nine hours in any subject? RQ2: Of those who graduated in the class of 2018 from early college high schools in Texas, what percentage of Black (African American), Hispanic (Latinx), and economically …
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Critical thinking skills in nursing students progressing through a nursing curriculum
… thinking (p = .05). Age, total number of credit hours completed, credit hours completed In physical/earth/life sciences, behavior and social sciences, humanities and fine arts, professional nursing and general electives were also statistically significantly related (r < .30, indicates …
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Do Learning Communities Matter?: An Examination Of The Retention Of At-Risk African American Students At An Urban, Commuter, Research University
… academic outcomes (e.g. grade point average and credit hours earned) and persistence (retention and graduation rates) in a six-year period than African American AAD students who did not participate in a learning community in the fall 2006 semester. Three research questions were used to test the …
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Tennessee's performance funding model: a mixed methods study designed to predict future success
… a difference in student progression (cumulative credit hours) based on the outcomes-based funding formula focus populations? • Research Question 2 (RQ2): Is there a relationship between degree attainment (yes, no) and the outcomes-based funding formula focus populations? • Research Question 3 …
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Assessment of instructional methodologies and student information processing styles in a terrorism preparedness course
… participant demographics: a) age, b) gender, c) credit hours, d) field of study; and e) preferred Strategic Information Processing Style (SIPS); 2) Determine if changes occur in knowledge of terrorism preparedness as measured by the Terrorism Awareness test; 3) Determine if there are differences …
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An Analysis of the Academic Success Achieved by Five Freshman Cohorts through a Community College Developmental Education Program.
… and English courses, cumulative college-level credit hours earned, cumulative college-level grade point averages earned, and number of graduates. Existing data, gathered from the college's student information database, were analyzed through the application of two univariate approaches--the …
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Assessing the impact of first-year experience courses on student success in Community and Technical Colleges
… student academic success: (1) number of credit hours successfully completed at the end of the first year; (2) first-year retention rates; and (3) first-year GPA. </p> <p>Only student data from public community and technical colleges in Kentucky were utilized for this study. The student …
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Changing the Accounting Curriculum Skills Needed For Success in Public and Private Accounting
… AICPA's requirement that its members have 150 credit hours of education beginning in the year 2000, have led to increased scrutiny of accounting education. This paper discusses the results of a survey of public and private accountants in four Midwest states. The survey solicited information …
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Student Outcomes in Selected Distance Learning and Traditional Courses for the Dallas County Community College District: A Pilot Study
… and academic variables including number of credit hours completed, previous distance learning courses, grade point average (GPA), grades, placement scores, previous degrees held, withdrawal history, and financial aid. The theoretical framework for ensuring sound statistical analysis was …
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