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Predicting adult academic success in an undergraduate program

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Central Michigan University provides, through the Individualized Degree Program, a bachelor's degree to individuals who could not be served by conventional on-campus programs. The present study was undertaken in an effort to learn more about selected attributes of those in the program. Quantitative and qualitative analyses of the data revealed characteristics common to participants in the Individualized Degree Program and isolated five factors which are predictive of academic success.

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  1. the School of Business, USA

    Carol J. Billingham (Associate Professor of Finance)

  2. Individual Degree Program, R129N, the Central Michigan University, 48859, Mount Pleasant, Michigan

    Joseph Travaglini (Director of the Individualized Degree Program)

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Billingham, C.J., Travaglini, J. Predicting adult academic success in an undergraduate program. Alternative Higher Education 5, 169–182 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01079557

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