ERIC Number: EJ973057
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 10
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0271-9517
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A Success Course for Freshmen on Academic Probation: Persistence and Graduation Outcomes
McGrath, Shelley M.; Burd, Gail D.
NACADA Journal, v32 n1 p43-52 Spr 2012
Administrators at a large, public university launched a mandatory success course for freshmen placed on academic probation at the end of their first semester. We compared the rates of course participant and nonparticipant return to good academic standing; persistence to the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th years; and graduation (within 4 to 5 years). The chi-square test for independence revealed significant differences across all measures of persistence and graduation between the control and treatment groups. We call for an increase in credit-bearing success courses using applied retention theories in the curriculum for students on academic probation. (Contains 3 tables and 2 footnotes.)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Academic Probation, Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Graduation, Intervention, First Year Seminars, Required Courses, Program Effectiveness, Public Colleges, Statistical Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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