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Peer reviewedGarton, Bryan L.; Ball, Anna L.; Dyer, James E. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2002
A study of two classes of agriculture freshmen (1997: n=245, 1998: 195) showed that the best predictor of performance for the 1997 cohort was high school grade point average (GPA) and ACT score; for the 1998 cohort, GPA alone. High school GPA was the only successful predictor of freshman GPA. Traditional admission criteria had limited predictive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Admission Criteria, Agricultural Education
