College Success and Early Postsecondary Opportunities
| dc.contributor.advisor | Dula, Mark | |
| dc.creator | Peer, Ashley | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-04-22T13:50:28Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-04-22T13:50:28Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-04-20 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate the effects of various EPSOs and college success. Data were gathered from 175 students from a private university in Northeast Tennessee. The 175 students were the freshman cohort from the 2018-2019 school year. 116 students had Early Postsecondary Opportunities (EPSOs) while 59 students did not. The following data for each student were collected: fall 2018 GPA, spring 2019 GPA, fall 2018 retention, 2018-2019 school year retention, number of EPSOs, type of EPSOs, and first grade within five course clusters. The course clusters examined were Arts & Humanities, Human, Public, & Social Sciences, Business & Industry, Language, and STEM. The results suggest that as the number of Early Postsecondary Opportunities increase, first and second-semester GPA tend to increase, and student continuation of college after the first year. Course cluster examination yielded findings that suggest students with EPSO credit score a higher first grade in the Arts & Humanities and STEM clusters and students with Advanced Placement credit score a higher first grade in the Arts & Humanities and Human, Public, & Social Science course cluster compared to those with dual enrollment credit. Recommendations for further study include examination of types of EPSO credits beyond Advanced Placement and dual enrollment, a study to compare college success in students that passed the Advanced Placement exam to receive credit and those who did not, and a study to allow students to provide feedback on Advanced Placement courses versus dual enrollment courses. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11558/5846 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.subject | Early Postsecondary Opportunities | en_US |
| dc.subject | Advanced Placement | en_US |
| dc.subject | GPA (Grade Point Average) | en_US |
| dc.subject | College retention | en_US |
| dc.subject | Dual Enrollment | en_US |
| dc.title | College Success and Early Postsecondary Opportunities | en_US |
| dc.type | Dissertation | en_US |
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