Size Matters [electronic resource] : The Effect of Institutional Size on Graduation Rates. AIR 1997 Annual Forum Paper / John P. Huffman, Jr. and Stuart Schneiderman.
This study examined the effect of institutional size on the six year institutional graduation rate for undergraduates, controlling for five variables known to affect graduation rate: (1) student academic preparation; (2) enrollment to dormitory capacity ratio; (3) percentage of part-time students; (...
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Size Matters |h [electronic resource] : |b The Effect of Institutional Size on Graduation Rates. AIR 1997 Annual Forum Paper / |c John P. Huffman, Jr. and Stuart Schneiderman. |
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| 520 | |a This study examined the effect of institutional size on the six year institutional graduation rate for undergraduates, controlling for five variables known to affect graduation rate: (1) student academic preparation; (2) enrollment to dormitory capacity ratio; (3) percentage of part-time students; (4) expenditure per student; and (5) student to faculty ratio. Institution size was defined as the number of headcount students enrolled in the Fall semester of 1993. Data were gathered for 800 four-year postsecondary institutions from a variety of sources including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Survey (for headcount data) and several published national surveys of postsecondary institutions (for graduation rates, Scholastic Assessment Test scores, student-faculty ratios, and educational expense per student). Statistical analysis indicated that institutional size has a significant and negative influence on graduation rates. The state with three 10,000-student institutions can be expected to graduate 3 percent more students than the state having one 30,000-student institution. Application to the state plans of Florida and Pennsylvania suggest that nearly 1,000 fewer degrees can be expected in Florida than in Pennsylvania with $60 million of a $2 billion budget spent unproductively. Results have implications for the long range planning of state systems of higher education. (Contains 18 references.) (BF) | ||
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