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Pre-College Credit And Examination Programs: One Size Fits All?, Guadalupe M. Lamadrid
Pre-College Credit And Examination Programs: One Size Fits All?, Guadalupe M. Lamadrid
LSU Doctoral Dissertations
The purpose of this mixed methods study was to utilize a comprehensive 9-16 dataset to quantitatively examine which pre-college credit programs are the most significant predictors of college achievement as defined by college GPA, first to second year retention, time to degree and graduation date. A qualitative analysis was conducted, which via the use of a survey allowed students to share their perceptions and feeling regarding their pre-college credit experiences. Data for this study was obtained from institutional sources and consisted of 9-16 detail high school record, admissions, financial aid, scholarship and enrolled student information. Univariate and Multi-variate statistical analyses …