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The Oregon University System's Proficiency-Admission Standards System As A Predictor Of College Student Persistence-Related Outcomes, Tanya Leigh Ostrogorsky

Dissertations and Theses

We live in a society driven by a knowledge-based economy where the need for a college degree is at its highest historical level. To meet these needs, it is critical that educational systems increase students' preparation for higher education, universities receive appropriate and adequate indicators of student preparedness, and students select the college that fits their needs and ambitions and support them in their persistence towards a college degree.

The admission standards of an institution guide this process but are only one part of what is required for a student to successfully transition from high school to college to the …