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Research in Higher Education Volume 38 Issue 6

Subject Areas: Education
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers - Springer Journals
ISSN: 0361-0365
SJR: 92

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How Much Gender Disparity Exists in Salary? A Profile of Graduates of a Major Public University

Dutt, Diya

2004 Research in Higher Education

doi:10.1023/A:1024951618740
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How “Good” is Your Institution's Retention Rate?

Astin, Alexander

2004 Research in Higher Education

doi:10.1023/A:1024903702810

Attempts to assess institutional performance by means of retention rates, student performance on standardized tests, and other raw outcome measures are seriously flawed because such measures fail to take into account the powerful effect of student inputs. In this study, national longitudinal...
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Academic Achievement of First-Generation Students in a Canadian University

Grayson, J.

2004 Research in Higher Education

doi:10.1023/A:1024955719648

Previous research has shown that first-generation students confront greater problems than traditional students. In order to determine if this disadvantage extends to first-year grade-point averages (GPAs) in a commuter university in which the majority are first-generation students, 1,849 students...
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The Graduation Efficiency Index: Validity and Use as an Accountability and Research Measure

Gillmore, Gerald; Hoffman, Phillip

2004 Research in Higher Education

doi:10.1023/A:1024907803718

Legislatures and coordinating boards are looking for efficiency measures as greater numbers of students wish access to higher education. We propose the Graduation Efficiency Index (GEI) as an efficiency measure that is more valid and useful than elapsed time from matriculation to degree (time to...
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Student Evaluations of Grade Appeal Procedures: The Importance of Procedural Justice

Kravitz, David; Stone-Romero, Eugene; Ryer, Jeffrey

2004 Research in Higher Education

doi:10.1023/A:1024959820557

Data from an experimental study involving 408 participants were used to test a structural model based on the procedural justice literature. The model posits that two independent variables (processes permitted in a grade appeal procedure and the ombudsman's grade recommendation) affect general...
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Faculty/Student Mentor Program: Effects on Academic Performance and Retention

Campbell, Toni; Campbell, David

2004 Research in Higher Education

doi:10.1023/A:1024911904627

A university faculty/student mentor program was evaluated for its effects on academic performance and retention. A matched pairs design was used in which 339 undergraduates assigned to mentors were paired with nonmentored students based on gender, ethnicity, GPA, and entering enrollment status....
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AIR Between Forums: Mediocrity Is Not What It Used To Be

2004 Research in Higher Education

doi:10.1023/A:1024963921465

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