Measuring the impact of a university first-year experience program on student GPA and retention

By Eric M Jamelske. 2009

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Domains and predictors of first-year student success: A systematic review (2018, background): “Further, students who had already passed university-level courses when they were in high school (e.g., advanced placement) obtained higher GPAs in the first year (Jamelske, 2009; Kot, 2014; Scott, Tolson, & Lee, 2010; Shaw et al., 2012; Soria et al., 2013).”
Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Predictors of College Readiness and Performance: Role of Academic Discipline. (2013, background): “Further, although several studies have examined differences in psychosocial and academic-related factors between high- and low-performing students as they enter college (e.g., Clark & Cundiff, 2011; Jamelske, 2009; Nounopoulus, Ashby, & Gilman, 2006), our studies address a critical gap in the litera”
Assessing the Effectiveness of a College Freshman Seminar Using Propensity Score Adjustments (2011, background): “Although there are conflicting results about whether or not those who take a first-year seminar course will have higher GPAs or not (Friedman and Alexander 2007; Lang 2007; Tobolowsky 2006); when several covariates were accounted for, Jamelske (2009) found a positive relationship between program p”
What do we know about explanations for drop out/opt out among young people from STM higher education programmes? (2010, unknown): “Several studies report on projects aiming to ease students’ integration into higher education, often focusing on introductory courses (Soh, Ashok, & Nugent, 2007) or the first-year at university (Estaville, Brown, & Caldwell, 2006; Jamelske, 2009).”