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University of Louisville

Educational Leadership

2022

Bachelor degree attainment

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Academic Achievement And Degree Attainment Among College Students With Children., Katrina Elliott Dec 2022

Academic Achievement And Degree Attainment Among College Students With Children., Katrina Elliott

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Using data from the Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS) (National Center for Education Statistics, n.d.) from 2012 to 2017 acquired by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) survey program, this study addresses the research questions of whether there is a difference in degree attainment of earning a bachelor’s degree in the time period from 2012 through 2017 and whether there is a difference in academic achievement as defined by students’ grade point average between students who have dependent children and those who do not have dependent children between the ages 18 to 29 attending a four-year institution after …