ERIC Number: EJ1066510
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-May
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-0870
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A Library Credit Course and Student Success Rates: A Longitudinal Study
Cook, Jean Marie
College & Research Libraries, v75 n3 p272-283 May 2014
The University of West Georgia's Ingram Library has offered a fifteen-week two-hour credit course since 1998. In a longitudinal study covering twelve years, the library analyzed the progression and graduation rates of more than fifteen thousand students. Students who took the class during their undergraduate career were found to graduate at much higher rates than students who never took the class. The library examined students' high school GPAs and aptitude test scores but were unable to account for the increase through any difference in precollegiate achievement.
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Instruction, Courses, College Credits, Graduation Rate, Undergraduate Students, Longitudinal Studies, Grade Point Average, Aptitude Tests, Scores, College Entrance Examinations
Association of College and Research Libraries. 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611. e-mail: acrl@ala.org; Web site: http://crl.acrl.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Georgia
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: ACT Assessment; SAT (College Admission Test)
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