Grade Point Average and Student Outcomes. Data Notes. Volume 5, Number 1, January/February 2010

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Title: Grade Point Average and Student Outcomes. Data Notes. Volume 5, Number 1, January/February 2010
Language: English
Authors: Clery, Sue, Topper, Amy, Achieving the Dream, Inc.
Source: Achieving the Dream. 2010.
Availability: Achieving the Dream. 8455 Colesville Road Suite 900, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Tel: 240-450-0075; Fax: 240-450-0076; e-mail: info@achievingthedream.org; Web site: http://www.achievingthedream.org
Peer Reviewed: N
Physical Description: PDF
Page Count: 5
Publication Date: 2010
Document Type: Collected Works - Serial
Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Two Year Colleges
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Academic Achievement, College Students, Outcomes of Education, High Achievement, Grants, Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, College Transfer Students, Enrollment Trends, Racial Differences
Abstract: Using data from Achieving the Dream: Community College Count, this issue of Data Notes investigates the academic achievement patterns of students attending Achieving the Dream colleges. The data show that 21 percent of students at Achieving the Dream colleges had grade point averages (GPAs) of 3.50 or higher at the end of their first year. At least 40 percent of students with year one GPAs of 2.00 or higher completed, transferred or were still enrolled by year five, compared with 21 percent of those with GPAs less than 2.00. High achieving students who received a Pell grant were more likely to persist than were those who did not receive Pell grants. (Contains 5 figures and 3 footnotes.)
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2011
Accession Number: ED521321
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Using data from Achieving the Dream: Community College Count, this issue of Data Notes investigates the academic achievement patterns of students attending Achieving the Dream colleges. The data show that 21 percent of students at Achieving the Dream colleges had grade point averages (GPAs) of 3.50 or higher at the end of their first year. At least 40 percent of students with year one GPAs of 2.00 or higher completed, transferred or were still enrolled by year five, compared with 21 percent of those with GPAs less than 2.00. High achieving students who received a Pell grant were more likely to persist than were those who did not receive Pell grants. (Contains 5 figures and 3 footnotes.)