College Students [microform] : A Revealing Comprehensive Seven-Year Study of 1106 University Freshmen Attrition, Graduation, and Followup / Virginia S. Hardie and John R. Anderson
- Bib ID:
- 5224654
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- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Hardie, Virginia S
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- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED055300
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1971
- 134 p.
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College Entrance Examination Board Scholastic Aptitude Test decile scores for 1106 university freshmen compared (annually for 7 years) with student achievement, attrition, and graduation showed positive correlation for some academic majors and correlations only at the extremes for other majors. Two hundred, or 36% of all drop-outs, were apparently capable of succeeding in college, and, except for a relatively few outstanding students, achievement was found to represent, in effect, a pass-fail system. After 7 years 539 or 48.7% of the entering group were graduated, 555 or 50.2% were lost by attrition, and 12 or 1.1% were eligible to continue. A follow-up questionnaire showed that 59 or 5.3% of the entering group were graduated from other 4-year colleges and a projection technique indicated that a total of 160 or 28.8% of all drop-outs may have been graduated elsewhere, making an estimated total of 699 or 63.1% of the original class who may have received a bachelor's degree in 7 years. This study cautions against basing academic prediction upon a simplistic use of the total SAT score and supports the independent use of the verbal and mathematical scores in relation to various college majors. (Author)
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- Availability: Counseling Center, Clemson Univ., Clemson, S.C. 29631 ($2.00).
- ERIC Note: Paper presented at American Personnel and Guidance Association convention, Atlantic City, N. J., April 4-8, 1971.
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