R E O R TP R ESUMESED 010 954"PROBATION AT ENTRANCE" - -A STUDY.BY- LUKE, ORRAL S.

BAKERSFIELD COLL., CALIF.

ECRS PRICE MF -$0.09 HC -$0.56 14P.

JC 660 221

PUB DATE JUN 66

DESCRIPTORS- *JUNIOR COLLEGES, *GROUPING (INSTRUCTIONALPURPOSES), *LOW ACHIEVERS, ACADEMIC ABILITY, *SCHOLASTICPROBATION, STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS, ABILITY STUDENTS,BAKERSFIELD

PERSISTENCY AND SUCCESS OF 200 FALL, 1962, "FROBATION ATENTRANCE" STUDENTS (WITH LESS THAN 2.0 GRACE POINT AVERAGE)WAS STUDIED. PERCENTAGE OF MEN AND WOMEN FROM VARIOUS HIGHSCHOOLS, MEDIAN ENTRANCE TEST SCORES, MAJOR FIELDS CHOSEN,AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES WERE ENUMERATED. THE MAJORITYOF STUDENTS CHOSE GOALS WITHIN THEIR ABILITY LEVELS,INDICATING SUCCESSFUL COUNSELING AND PROGRAMING. THOSE WHOGRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL WITH A GFA BETWEEN 1.7 AND 1.9AVERAGED A CFA BETWEEN 1.5 AND 1.9 DURING THEIR FIRST COLLEGESEMESTER. OVER 25 PERCENT AVERAGED 2.0 OR BETTER. THE AVERAGE"PROBATION AT ENTRANCE" STUDENT ATTEMPTED 12 UNITS ANDCOMPLETED ABOUT 10 IN TOE FIRST SEMESTER. ABOUT 50 PERCENTWERE EMOVED FROM THE PROBATION LIST AT THE END OF ONESEMESTER, WHILE A'SIZABLE NUMBER WERE ON A SECOND PROBATIONCR CROPPED OUT ENTIRELY. ABOUT 22 PERCENT REMAINED ATBAKERSFIELD COLLEGE ONE SEMESTER, OVER 30 PERCENT REMAINEDFOUR CR MORE, AND 50 PERCENT LESS THAN THREE. TEN STUDENTSGRADUATED. A NORMAL AMOUNT OF SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, MOSTLY INATtiLET1 7 PROGRAMS CR SCHOOL CLUBS WAS REPORTED. OVER HALF HADJOBS WITH A GENERAL,RATE CF PAY SLIGHTLY OVER $1 FER HOUR.THIRTY -FOUR PERCENT DID NOT REPORT ANY EMPLOYMENT. INGENERAL, MAJORS SELECTED WERE CONSISTENT WITH HIGH SCHOOLACADEMIC_ ACHIEVEMENT. (CE)

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Dr. Orral B. LukeDirectors Institutional ResearchBakersfield Colleges'iana ],966

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POSITION OR POUCY.

INTRODUCTION

PROBATION AT ENTRANCE

The Bakersfield College Admissions Office and the Student Personnel Office re-quested that a sta4y of the "Probation at Entrance" students at BakersfieldCollege be made. The following questions ware raised in regard to these stu-dents:

1. What is the number of those students coming to BakersfieldCollege?

2. What is tho impact of the college experience on these stu-dents?

3. Are the educational and vocational goals of these studentsconsistent with their abilities and high school experience?

4. Row may of the students graduate from Bakersfield College?Now long do these students remain at Bakersfield College?5. What are the educational and vocational plans of these stur-dents?

6. Are the educational and vocational needs of these studentsbeing met?

PROBATION AT ENTRANCE DEFINED

New students who are entering Bakersfield College with less than a 2.0 highschool grade point average, or who were placed in the Program WO" program aredefined as "Probation at Entrance students." In general, these students, intheir high school experience, have denonstrited that they are a high academicrisk. This category of student needs the best possible opportunity to mac-coed in this nest chance." A' limited unit load and careful selection of00Wfb80 ie generally recommended.

TICE, ISITIDENTS

The students studied in thlj project were taken from the 1962 high school gradu-ating students who entered Bakersfield College in the Fall of 1962. For thePill and the Spring semesters there was a total of 2059 students. Of this num-ber, 310-Were 00 prObitien at entrance. This amounts to about 10 of the total.Vs have used 200 students out of the 310 and the results reported here arebased on information gathered from a careful examination of each stuesnt'sfolder, which contains all the information collected for that student duringthe time he was enrolled in Bakersfield College.

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1. Oraduatin gW01 School: Table I shows the graduatini Ugh schoolan nuibiVargiFcent of 3tudocts from each sf this high achoolsin this area.

TABLEfm.

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stew peVigim PERCENTTOTAL (Total)....---.............. IMF

Bakersfield High School _

East Bakersfield High School .

16

10

North Hill School' 9

South High School 7

Arvin High School 1

Burroughs High School 1

Kern VaLlei High School 0

ifearland High School 1

Shatter High School 2

Memo High School ... ....... .. 5

Delano High School 2

Tehachapi High School ..... .. 1

Gams Memorial High School .. 0

Misotllansous 0 .. 5

34 50 25.0

44 314 17.0

13 22 11.0

17 24 12.0

12 13 6.5

6 7 3.5

1 1 .5

2 3 1.5

7 9 14.5

5 10 5.0

4 6 3.0

1 2 1.0

2 2 1.0

12 17 8.5

Total **** 60 1140 200 100.0

Bakeare 44 CcALp.so- Majors: Table II lists the various majors selectedon at &Armee* student4 In general, the majors selected

sow to be consistent with the Roademitt ability of thee* students andtheir pest high school experiencq. The majority of the students selectAgriculture, Drafting, Business, Law &forcemeat, Office Practice, Autoachenict, and Art., Many other students seem to favor such majors as

Nursing, Physical Education, and general atudies (Letters and &loco).About 5% of the students were undlvided.

TABLE TI

INI.16iMINMliIMM.Mri 11MAJOR YIN WCNEV TOTAL

Agriculture ... 13 1 14Art.. 4 6 10Auto Mechanics . 12 0 12Business 'Management 17 1 18Dental Assisting 0 3 3Dentistry 4 0 4Drafting 12 0 12Electronics 5 0 5Engineering 3 pa 3Forestry 4 6 P 6Home Economics ........ ..... 6.. 0 5 5Saw Enforcement 11 1 15Letters, & Science 17 6 23Medical Lab Technician 1 1 2Music , . 3 1 4Nursing 0 9 9Office Practice P 16 16Physical Education 8 1 9Pharmacy 1 0 1,..Pre-med . 4 0 4

0Retailing 1 p 1Social Welfare

, . 2 3 ,5Tem:thing 3 4 7Undecided .. ... . 7 2 9Veter#iiry 1 g 1.None listed ......... ... ... Oiee 2 P 2

Total oo 0000 ......... 140 60 200

3. School. Grade Point Aver es ?tibia III show* the distribution of highsc 001WiMtrroll: * s udents who come to Bakersfield Collese onprobation. It ui1l. be noted that two of the students have G.P.A.'s of2,0 or better. Mese two students were claetified *Program 0* and, there.fore, were on probation at entrance.

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HIGH SCHOOL G.P.A, MEN WOMEN TOTAL

None listed ......t,..., ... . .. . 0 2

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00 0 01 0 119 5 2429 25 5487 30 1171 0 11 0 1

0.0 - Al. ....... ,..0.2 - 0. "... ..... . ..... .,.0.5 . 0.70.8 - 1.0 .

1.1 - 1.3 .

1.4 . 1.6 ..... .... ... .. . ....

1.7 - 1.92.0 . 2.22.3 - 2.5 ...

Total 140 60 200

..--.114. Bakersfield Collegs Grade Point Avers. : In Table IV the distribu-

o s a mere r is s ow. These G.P.A.ls range from0.1 to 3.9. The median grade point average for the "probation atentrance* student at Bakersfield College is between 1.5 - 1.9, whichwould suggest that about half of the students get off probation theBrat semester at Bakersfield College. Also, about 25% make a gradeaverage of *C* or better their first semester in Bakersfield College.

TABLE IV

BAKERSFIELD COLLEGE G.P.A. NEN

None given ... 160.0 - 0.4 80.5 - 0.9 161.0 - 1,4 .., 25

, .............1.5 - 1.. . .. 422.0 - 2.4 292,5 - 2.9 ....... ........,.. 23:0 - 3.4 23,5 - 3.9 0

TOW. 140

WOMEN TOTAL

0 1617 256 228 33

13 5512 412

11

60

14

3

200

5. Units At 'told: Table 7 shows the distribution of the number of unitsMEP- irst semester by the students who enter Bakersfield

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00114010,012 probation. The rang,.1 of units attempted, is from 1 throughle. The madden nuMber of units attempted by these students is about12. Over 50 of these students start the semester with less than 12units.

TABLE

UNITS ATTINMND

3 -- 4: 1,61Pir .. 26 ...I... OOO 6 ***** 44. 0. 3

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** . ...... ...c,oa. 4, 4.3 79 - i0 ..... fae44t t. **** 1511 4. 12 40:13. 14 100 4325 s 16 me,-10 ) 2117 -1N 2None (recorded) 7

Total 140

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1 31 45 12

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60

295657244

11

200

6. Uhits Completed: The following Table (VI) shows the distribution of"'unite completed" by the 200 students who entered Bakersfield Collegeon probation, The range is again from 1 through 18, and the mediannumber is somewhere between 9 and 10 units. On the average, this isabout 3 units less than these students startwi.th. Over 50% of theseprobation-at-entrance students complete less than 10 units.

TABLE VI

UNITS CUIPLETED MEN W0MEP TOTAL

1-2 0 33 4 55 6 107 8 129 -10 24

2623181

None (recorded) 18

11 1213 - 1415 - 1611 . 18

Total ... 140

42

499

10432

13

60

7

71421

33362721

331

200

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Probation Reteort: Of the tvo hundred students included in this study,317.74Frali to get off probation by the end of the Fall semester, 1962.&meaty-seven *probation at entrance" students were not able to make aG.P.A. of 1.5 or better and thus remove their probation status. Somethirty-two students had incomplete records.

The records show that, some sixioy-three student i vent on second probationand only twenty-eight were reinstated. However, the data in this arearacy not be complete. Undoubtedly nil s' vents-seven students who failedVI get off probation were place = = on second probation, and it is quitelikely that more than twenty-c!..,-;ht of these students returned to con-tinue their school work even th(,uzh the records at our disposal did notshow reinstatement.

8. Number of Semesters (including Summer): The number of semesters theses ente attended is shown in Table VIZ. The range is from 1 to 6-or-more semesters. About 50% attended less than three semesters, 22%stayed only one semester, and 12% attended six or more semesters.

TABLE VII

NUMBER. OF SEMESTERS ME

One30

Two .. 36Three

9Four 22Five 13Six 16Mbre than Six

3Incomplete 11

Total iho

WOMEN TOTAL

14 4411 476 158 303 163 191 4

14 25

60 200

PERCEPT(Total)

22.024.08.0

15.08.0

9.52.0

13,0

100.0

11,4144tharade I. Q.19: The range of I.Q.1s for these "probation atWancer7staiirariaries from 65 to 134. The I. Q.'s were measured whenthe students were in the Eighth grade. The median I. Q. is somewherebetween 5 and 100. The distribution of these I.Q.1s is shown in Table

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TABLE VIII

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24

25448

624

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0

60

Not given65 . 6970 - 7475 - 7980 - 8485 - 89

5720

7

9905 - 99 12100 . 104 18105 - 109110 - 114115 - 119120 - 124125 - 129130 - 134

Total

8

123301

140

TOTAL

31207

12

11202i1016

3401

200

10. English Classification: The English Classification is shown in TableInvelow. The(' data show that over 25% of these scadents were givenan 080 classification (Program "0" English) but that seven of them re-ceived an English lA classification.

TABLE IX

MUSH. CLASSIFICATION MBN WOMEN TOTAL

Not given 5 10 15English 080 39 12 51English. XA 67 24 91English XS 23 13 36English 1A. 6 1 7

Total 140 60 2%:0

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11. 1. T. E. D. &11.11.A.1 Test tcore: In Table X is shown the Iowa Test ofurrairriZ5W.E5ParrolFREEive English test scores. It will be

noted that far the test =area available, the median score is between13 and 15 and has a percentile rank of about 28.

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TABLE

I.T.E.D. TEST SCORE MEN WOMEN TOTAL

Not given ...... ... ..... .4, 834 - 67 - 9lo - 12 . 1313 . 15 1916 - 18 1319 - 21 522 - 24 025 - 27 1

Total . 1140

36 1191 23 84 179 284 172 71 10 1

60 200

12. Nelson-Denny Readin Test Scores (Total): Table XI shows the distri-'button of rea ng scores fosse "probation at entrance" students.The median score is between 50 and 59, giving a percentile rank ofabout 35. This would seem to be in line with the other test data givenabove and with the English classification.

TABLE XI

READING TEST SCORES MEN TOTAL

.1413-.; given 619 and below 920 - 29 1030 - 39 17140 - 49 1750 - 59 .... 2360 - 69 ....... ............. 1470 - 79 2280 - 89 1390 - 99 . 5100 . 109 . 2110 - 119 2

Total 0000 ........... 140

14

68

9

988

2

13.

0

6o

1015182626312226156

32

200

13. S. C. A. T. Scores: An entering students are required to take theMh-Firra CrAnire Ability Test. 144, have scores for 195 of the "pro-bation at entrance" students. Table III shows how the scores are dis-tributed. The median score on the terbal (V) test is within the 280-284 intervalliviging a percentile rank of about 21. On the quantitative

(Q) test, the median score is between 290 and 294, giving a percentilerank of about 26. The Total median S C A T score comes in the 280-284interval, giving a percentile rank of about 14. These scores are inline with the proviou,3 test data given.

TABLE XII

Score---- ----"Q" Score---- --"T" Score----SCORE MEN WOMEN MAL HEN WOMEN DOTAL MEN WOMEN .TOTAL.....250-254 10 9 19 2 0 2255-259 2 1 3 1 2 3 3 4 7260-264 8 4 12 2 8 10 0 2 2265-269 14 5 19 1 3 4 5 5 10270-274 11 9 20 8 8 16 6 9 15275-279 2: 5 25 11 3 14 15 10 25280-284 12 11 23 10 16 26 25 9 34285-289 15 3 18 16 4 20 18 9 27290-294 18 4 22 19 5 24 22 2 24295-299 10 2 12 15 1 16 18 3 21300-304 11 4 15 15 4 19- 17 3 20305-309 4 0 4 11 1 12 5 1 6310 -314 1 d 1 15 1 16 2 0 2315-319 0

00 6 1 7 1 d 1320-324 1 d 1 3 0 3 0 0 0125-329 1 @ 1 1 0. , 1 1 0 1

.. ():;-334 0 0 0 2 dr 2 0 0 0Not given 2 3 5 2 3 5 2 3 5

14. Major Hi h School Activities: On the Bakersfield College biographical datasheet,TWEECE7g7WegErrarstudent's counseling folder, the student is re-quested to indicate his major high school activities. In Table XIII isshown a breakdown of the number of these activities recorded. The activitiesreported by the Students can be summarized as follows: athletics, studentSilly (offices, clubs, and special committees), music groups, Y. M. C. A.,Y. W. C. A., Service clubs, F. F. A. organizations, drama, Girl's League,Student teachers. It would appear that, in general, these students had anormal amount of ochool activlUes. Without doubt, athletics and schoolclubs constitute the major source of student activity while in high school.

TABLE XIII

HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES KIM

One activity 31Tiro- activities 23Three activities ... 13Four activities ........ . 6More than four activities 5No activities . 62No

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15. Em to nt Experiences: On the student biographical sheet at Bakers-e o ege is a place to reiort employment experiences. These were

tabulated and in Table XIV is shown the number of jobs (for pay) heldby these "probation at entrance" students while in high school. Forthe men, these jobs were usually working for some business; i.e. box-boy, farm worker, oil companies, and maiy other similar jobs. For thewomen, the lobs were most often babysitters, office work, sales, tele-phone company', and housl work.

TABLE XII

DEPLOYMENT Erin:NOES MENaMMI-IVEMIMMIINKAMW

One 11100agogia OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTwoThreeFourNoneNo information

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SUMMARY AND CCNCLISIONS

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38301

52

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WOMEN TOTAL

114 337 454 340 115 6720 20

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In this study we have tried to look at a special group of college students who, be-cause of their high school recordswere classified as on "probation at entrance."We have compared their high school experience (high school G.P.A.) with their firstsemester experience at Bakersfield College (college G.P.A.).

We have also examined their educational and vocational goals to see if they are com-patible with their abilities and academic records.

There has been an attempt made to determine how long these students persist in theiracademic endeavors...haw many graduate and, in general, what is their success hereat Bakersfield College.

We have evaluated the various academic test scores available for these students tosee if their academic achievement correlates with their potentials and stated goals.

00.4To understandoeva luate these students more completely, we have looked at t& ac-tivities tt f participeod in while in high school and the kinds of job experiencethey havy had during thoOstay in high school.

CONCLUSIONS

1. In general, the students who enter Bakersfield College with a "probation atentrance" classification come from the various "feeder" high schools in aboutthe same. proportion as the number of students who graduate from that high schooland co-Me to Bakersfield College for further education. For example, BakersfieldHigh School Sends about twice as many students to Bakersfield College as doesNorth High School, -and about twice as many students (50) from Bakersfield HighSchool have a "probation at entrance" status as do the students (22) from NorthHigh School.

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2. The Bakersfield College majors selected by the "probation at entrance"students, in general, are consistent with their high school academicachievement as measured by their grades (G.P.A.) and the scores made onthe various academic teats given. It is true that the college majorsselected cover almost the entire curriculum, but the majority of thestudents seem to choose goals quite within their ability levels. Thismould suggest that the counseling program is functioning effectively andthat the students are being well programmed.

3. The majority of the "probation at entrance" students graduate from highschool with a G.P.A. between 1.7 and 1.9. During their first semesterin college they achieve, on the average, a grade point average between1.5 and 1.9. Over 25% of these students make a grade point average of2.0 or better during their first semester in Bakersfield College. Onestudent made a B+ average. It would seem that a good many of these stu-dents began to find themselves during their first semester at BakersfieldCollege.

L. The average "probation at entrance" student attempts about twelve unitsof college credit during his first semester at Bakersfield College. Per-haps this is due to the counselor's advice in suggesting a limited pro-gram. ihis would seem to be wise counsel in view of the fact that theaverage number of units completed by these students is about ten units.

About fifty percent of these "probation at entrance" students were able to"get off" probation at the end of one semester at Bakersfield College.(G.P.A. 1.5) However, a sizable number did go on second probation. Whileour information was not complete, a fairly large number of these studentswere reinstated and continued with their college work. Time did not per-mit us to investigate how many of these students were eventualli able to"get off" probation. A fairly large number of them drop out of college.

6. About twenty-two percent or the 200 "probation at entrance" students re-mained at Bakersfield College only one semester, 24% stayed two semesters,and another 8% completed three semesters. Over 30% of these studentsremained at Bakersfield College four or more semesters. Ten of the stu-dents graduated and perhaps several more were eligible to graduate butdid not actually go through the graduation exercises.

There is some evidence to indicate that slightly over half of the "pro-bation at entrance" students report a normal number of high schoolactivities. In about 34% of the cases the student did not report anyhigh school activities and for 10% of the students, no information wasavailable.

8. Over half of the "probation at entrance" students report that they hadjobs for which they received pay. There was some variation in the kindsof jobs held and also in the pay received. In general, the rate of paywas slightly over $1.00 per hour.

Thirty-four percent of the students did not report any employment. Foranother ten percent no biqgraphical data sheet was available.