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The academic performance of 361 community college students was investigated after their transfer to a comprehensive university. The predictor variables included personal, environmental, demographic, and pretransfer academic measures. The criterion was grade point average (GPA) at the senior institution. Analyses included moderated linear regression and a branching algorithm which forms subgroups to best explain criterion scores (AID-3). The academic pattern and performance at the community college was found to be very important to the relevance of specific factors related to the curriculum selected at the senior institution.
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Phlegar, A.G., Andrew, L.D. & McLaughlin, G.W. Explaining the academic performance of community college students who transfer to a senior institution. Res High Educ 15, 99–108 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00979591
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