Measuring the impact of a university first-year experience program on student GPA and retention
Measuring the impact of a university first-year experience program on student GPA and retention
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DOI：
10.1007/s10734-008-9161-1
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发表时间：
2009-03-01
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5
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Jamelske, Eric
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作者：
Jamelske, Eric
1997年，美国中西部一所中等规模的公立大学开始了第一年的经验计划。该计划旨在将额外的课程和课外内容融入核心课程，以使学生融入大学社区。本文研究了FYE对2006年秋季入学学生的平均成绩（GPA）和一年后的保留率的影响。研究结果表明，没有积极的FYE效果保留，但平均FYE学生获得更高的GPA比非FYE学生。减少样本，只包括课程确定为目标兼容FYE课程产生了积极的影响保留，也加剧了GPA的差异。估计积极的FYE的影响保留是低于平均水平的学生（特别是女性）和高于平均水平的学生较小。
In 1997 a medium-size Midwestern public university in the U.S. initiated a first year experience program. The program is designed to infuse added curricular and extracurricular components into core courses in an effort to integrate students into the university community. This article examined the FYE impact on grade point average (GPA) and retention after 1 year for the fall 2006 cohort of entering students. The findings suggest no positive FYE effect on retention, but on average FYE students earned higher GPAs than non-FYE students. Reducing the sample to include only courses identified as goal compatible FYE courses yielded a positive effect on retention and also accentuated the GPA differential. The estimated positive FYE impact on retention was larger for below average students (especially females) and smaller for above average students.