Retention and Graduation of Degree Partnership Students
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Retention and Graduation of Degree Partnership Students
Preliminary Results
Master’s Thesis
Barbara Cormack
May 19, 2006
Statement of the Research Problem
2005-06 is the seventh academic year of the OSU/Linn-Benton Degree Partnership Program
Students in the DP Programs can fashion pathways that will lead to their success
Core goals of the DP Programs are to improve access and student success in obtaining baccalaureate degrees
The Research Questions
How do graduation and retention for OSU/LBCC DPP students compare to that for students in two other educational paths, vertical transfer students from LBCC and OSU freshman (native) students
The Research Questions
What are the demographic and academic profiles of students in these three educational paths?
Are there significant differences in the profiles of students in these three educational paths?
Highlights of Lit Review
No research found in the literature specifically about OSU-type degree partnership programs
Research on graduation and retention is confined to vertical transfer and native students
Results of graduation & retention studies are mixed, either between studies or within studies (between cohorts)
Highlights of Lit Review
Compared research designs Looked at factors that other researchers
found significant related to retention and graduation, both in institution-specific studies and in national or state student-specific studies
Definitions
A native student is one who initially and exclusively enrolls as a freshman at Oregon State University and remains at that institution throughout the student’s tenure in higher education at the baccalaureate level.
Populations
OSU Native Students (Freshmen)– Matriculated either summer or fall term of 1999,
2000 or 2001– Did not later become a DPP student– Do not have courses on their transcripts from any
school other than OSU except for AP or courses taken while still in high school
Definitions
A vertical transfer student is one who initially and exclusively enrolls at Linn-Benton Community College as a freshman and remains at that institution until the student transfers to Oregon State University. Once at OSU, the student remains at that institution throughout the student’s remaining tenure in higher education at the baccalaureate level.
Populations
OSU/LBCC Transfer Students– Selected through OSU student records– First cut was students admitted to OSU as transfer students
who had courses on their transcripts from LBCC– Narrowed to students who ONLY had OSU and LBCC
coursework except for AP or other courses taken while in high school
– Never became a DPP student– Earliest LBCC courses were summer or fall 1999, 2000 or
2001 – appeared to have been admitted to LBCC at that time
Definitions
A degree partnership student is one who is initially admitted as a freshman to the degree partnership program between Oregon State University and Linn-Benton Community College. The student remains at that pair of institutions throughout the student’s tenure in higher education at the baccalaureate level.
Populations
OSU/LBCC Degree Partnership Program Students– Admitted as OSU/LBCC DPP freshmen for Fall
1999, 2000 or 2001– Do not have courses on their transcripts from any
school other than OSU or LBCC except for AP or courses taken while still in high school
Definitions
Populations to be studied include students who matriculated summer/fall 1999, 2000 and 2001 in each of the three educational paths.
Definitions
Graduation indicates that the student earned a baccalaureate degree at Oregon State University between June 2000 and September 2005.
Definitions
Retention indicates that the student has not yet earned a baccalaureate degree, but that the student was enrolled for at least one term during the 2004-05 academic year (June 2004 through June 2005) at either or both Linn-Benton Community College and Oregon State University for degree partnership students or at OSU for native and vertical transfer students.
Definitions
Demographic Profile: Gender Ethnicity Age Residency
Definitions
Academic Profile: # credits developmental coursework # math courses # science courses College/Major # transfer credits # credits earned at OSU Cum GPA Part-time or full-time student # terms stopped out
The Hypothesis
The null hypothesis for this study is that there is no difference in the graduation and retention for students in the three educational paths of DPP, vertical transfer and native students.
The directional hypothesis is:
Status of Results
P-R-E-L-I-M-I-N-A-R-Y
spells
?
Populations-Samples
N S N S N S Sample
Freshmen 1456 306 1353 302 1524 306 914
Transfer 39 36 19 14 24 19 69
DPP 31 28 93 76 109 86 190
Fall 1999 Fall 2000 Fall 2001
POPULATION AND SAMPLE SIZES
Demographics of Samples
GENDER OF SAMPLES
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
FRESHMAN TRANSFER DPP
Male
Female
Demographics of Samples
White 694 76% 57 83% 170 89%Asian 74 8% 2 3% 5 3%Black 14 2% 2 1%Hispanic 44 5% 3 4% 5 3%American Indian 17 2% 1 1%Middle Eastern 1 0%Pacific Islander 20 2%Multiple 3 0% 1 1% 2 1%NA 35 4% 1 1% 5 3%International 12 1% 5 7%
FRESHMEN TRANSFER DPP
ETHNICITY OF SAMPLES
Demographics of Samples
AGE OF SAMPLES
0%
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120%
FRESHMAN TRANSFER DPP
Born before 1980
Born in 1980 or after
Demographics of Samples
RESIDENCY OF SAMPLES
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120%
FRESHMEN TRANSFER DPP
Resident
Non-Resident
International
Graduation Retention Summary
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
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35%
40%
45%
50%
OSU Freshmen 35% 19% 46%
OSU/LBCC Transfer Students 38% 45% 17%
OSU/LBCC DPP Students 24% 32% 44%
Graduated Retained Not Retained
Graduation Summary
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Graduation 4-yr Graduation 5-yr Graduation 6-yr
F99
F00
F01
T99
T00
T01
D99
D00
D01
Graduation and Retention
Factors:
Challenges Ahead for Thesis
Develop academic profiles Test for statistical significance Analyze, analyze, analyze!
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Barbara Cormack
OSU Financial Aid Advisor
College Student Services Administration Master’s Student