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Who succeeds? A comparison of transcripts of graduates and inactive students of a nontraditional bachelor of arts degree program

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The transcripts of 154 adult graduates of a nontraditional Bachelor of Arts program were compared to those of 103 adults who became inactive. Graduates were found to differ from inactives in total credit and traditional credit completed before entering the nontraditional program, in G.P.A. before entrance, and in the grade earned in the entrance course. Graduates also differed from inactives in the pattern of courses registered for immediately after entrance to the program. The results indicate that both the background of the adult learner and the type of courses chosen for degree completion are predicators of success.

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  1. Stephens College, 65215, Columbia, Missouri

    Barbara P. Losty (Associate Dean of the Faculty)

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  1. Barbara P. Losty
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She has served as Associate Director and Director of Stephens College Without Walls. Ms. Broderson is a graduate of Stephens College.

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Losty, B.P., Broderson, D.D. Who succeeds? A comparison of transcripts of graduates and inactive students of a nontraditional bachelor of arts degree program. Alternative Higher Education 5, 91–99 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01079658

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