NCAA Athlete Graduation Rates: Less Than Meets the Eye

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Woodrow Eckard
Keyword(s):  
Graduation Rates ◽  
College Football ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Student Athlete ◽  
Student Body ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Men's Basketball ◽  
Part Time Students ◽  
Part Time

The standard evaluations of NCAA student-athlete graduation rates involve comparisons with rates for the general student body. The latter rates as actually calculated, however, include a significant number of part-time students at many schools. This is problematic because athletes must be full-time, and should be compared with other full-time students. The downward “part-timer bias” in the student body rate distorts the comparison, making the relative graduation rates for athletes appear more favorable. Example calculations demonstrate that relative rates for major college football and men’s basketball players are substantially worse when the bias is removed.

Commerce and Economics at the London School of Economics

2021 ◽  
pp. 295-332
Author(s):  
Keith Tribe
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Vocational School ◽  
Undergraduate Teaching ◽  
London School ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Student Body ◽  
Part Time Students ◽  
Part Time ◽  
London School Of Economics ◽  
The Way

The London School of Economics was founded in 1895 to teach vocational and commercial subjects to part-time students. By 1920 the majority of students were full-time, studying the London BSc (Econ.) degree that was, however, a general social sciences degree for which very few students pursued the economics major option. The appointment of Lionel Robbins as Professor of Economics in 1929 opened the way for undergraduate teaching at the LSE to be moved towards economics, with staff appointments being made that would further this end. The bulk of the student body, however, continued to pursue a broad social sciences pathway, and it was only by shutting down the BCom degree in the later 1940s that Robbins was eventually able to bring about the shift from a broadly vocational school to one in which ‘modern’ social sciences dominated.

Adapting Planning Education to Changing Student Demands

1988 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-23
Author(s):  
James F. Foerster ◽  
George C. Hemmens
Keyword(s):  
Degree Programs ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Student Needs ◽  
Student Body ◽  
University Of Illinois ◽  
Part Time Students ◽  
Part Time ◽  
The University ◽  
Student Demands ◽  
The Impact

The planning curriculum established at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) in 1973 was designed to serve the needs of full-time students. Since then many changes have occurred both in the curriculum and in the composition of the student body, and now degree programs are jointly offered to both full-time and part-time students. This paper focuses upon program changes instituted over time in response to a changing student clientele, the impact of these changes on graduation rates, and suggestions for responding to changing student needs.

scholarly journals Access by Part-Time Students: A Question of Openness in Canadian Universities

1992 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 57-75
Author(s):  
Gordon Thompson ◽  
Larry Devlin
Keyword(s):  
Adult Students ◽  
Specific Method ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Time Study ◽  
Student Body ◽  
Canadian Universities ◽  
Credit Programs ◽  
Part Time Students ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Policies And Practices

Canadian universities employ a variety of methods to increase access, especially for adult students unable to attend regular day classes because of employment or family commitments. How effective are such methods? Is the large increase in part-time enrolment during the past twenty-five years due to such policies and practices? This study examines the evening credit programs of seven middle-size to large universities. Such programs can be viewed as one specific method by which institutions attempt to implement the general organizational value of "openness. " In particular, an effort is made to trace the effect on access of two different approaches to the internal organization and administration of evening sessions at the institutions studied. Policies and practices which facilitate part-time study are also discussed. The paper is exploratory and does not attempt to offer definitive conclusions. Nonetheless, suggestions are offered for further research and for institutional practices which promote part-time study. The issue of accessibility for part-time students is expected to become of increasing concern in the light of predictions that the traditional student body — those 18-22 years old who predominantly register for full-time study in daytime courses — will decline in the 1990s. Additionally, universities will be required to accommodate large numbers of adult learners returning for further studies and training as a lifelong learn- ing or recurrent education model is developed by society. The importance of such a model continues to receive attention at both federal and provincial levels in Canada.

The Reported Rewards of Part-Time Study

2008 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-11
Author(s):  
Alex Harrop ◽  
Andy Tattersall ◽  
Adam Goody
Keyword(s):  
Full Time ◽  
Time Study ◽  
Skill Levels ◽  
Part Time Students ◽  
Part Time

A questionnaire was administered to part and full-time students of psychology at Liverpool John Moores University in order to determine the extent to which the part-time students appreciated the course. The results showed the part-time students reported themselves as having gained more from the programme than the full-time students, in terms of support and relationship with tutors, satisfaction with teaching and interest in various aspects of the programme. In terms of perceived changes in skill levels, however, there were no large differences between the two groups.

Study of Discontinuing Students at Macquarie University

1976 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil Baumgart
Keyword(s):  
First Year ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Process Variables ◽  
Design Problems ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Part Time Students ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Discriminant Analyses ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Second Year

In a study of discontinuing students at Macquarie University major analyses were based on a sample of 444 students divided into four categories: students still persisting in Term 3 of second year, students who discontinued during first year, students who voluntarily discontinued after first year, and students excluded because of failure at the end of first year. Multiple discriminant analyses were used to relate potential predictors to category membership. Predictors included both entry and process variables. Results are reported separately for full-time and part-time students, and for males and females within these categories. The major findings carry implications for those who need to make management decisions in relation to higher education. Additionally, the paper attempts to highlight some of the design problems inherent in correlational studies and to present selected methodological strategies used in this study to minimize the effects of these problems.

Fundamentals of architecture of buildings and structures. Low-rise buildings with walls made of autoclaved aerated concrete

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Василий Алексеенко ◽  
Vasiliy Alekseenko ◽  
Оксана Жиленко ◽  
Oksana Zhilenko
Keyword(s):  
Federal State ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Main Bearing ◽  
Autoclaved Aerated Concrete ◽  
Part Time Students ◽  
Concrete Blocks ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Aerated Concrete ◽  
Principles Of Design ◽  
State Educational

The manual outlines the basic principles of design of low-rise buildings with walls of autoclaved aerated concrete blocks. Variants of design of low-rise buildings, selection of the main bearing and protecting designs and their connections are considered. The main purpose-to acquaint students and technical workers with the principles of design of buildings with walls of autoclaved aerated concrete blocks, realizing the advantages of autoclaved cellular concretes. Meets the requirements of the Federal state educational standards of higher education of the last generation. For full-time and part-time students of the direction of training "Construction".

Person-Organization Fit, Job Satisfaction, and Turnover Intention: An Empirical Study in the Chinese Public Sector

2010 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 615-625 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bangcheng Liu ◽  
Jianxin Liu ◽  
Jin Hu
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Eastern China ◽  
Full Time ◽  
The Public ◽  
Part Time Students ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Person Organization Fit ◽  
Chinese Public

Based on a survey of 259 full-time employees in the public sector who were also part-time students for the Master of Public Administration program at a prestigious university in eastern China, it was found that person-organization (P-O) fit is a good predictor of job satisfaction and turnover intention in a Chinese context. In contrast to previous findings, the results of competition model analysis indicate that job satisfaction does work as a full mediator between P-O fit and turnover intention. In fact, P-O fit affects turnover intention through job satisfaction as a mediator.

scholarly journals Felnőtt tanulók diplomaszerzési törekvései

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ágnes Engler
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Academic Life ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Mature Students ◽  
Part Time Students ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Asking Questions

A tanulmányban a felsőoktatás ritkán vizsgált hallgatói csoportjának, a munka és (vagy) család mellett, részidős képzésben tanuló felnőtt hallgatók tanulmányi beruházásait vizsgáltuk. A részidős képzésben tanulókat érintő tudományos jellegű megkeresések leginkább a diplomaszerzést követően történnek a diplomás utánkövetéses vizsgálatok keretében. Ennek során a felsőoktatásban végzettek szakmai életútját munkaerő-piaci szemszögből kísérik figyelemmel, érdeklődve a diploma megszerzését követő karrierállomásokról, a diploma beválthatóságáról, munkaerő-piaci pozicionálásról, a tanulmányokba történő befektetések megtérüléséről és hozamairól. A felnőttoktatás felől közelítve ugyancsak elmondható, hogy a kutatási kérdések szintén szűk körben keresnek választ a felnőttek tanulási aspirációjára vagy eredményességére. Vizsgálatunkban a tanulási döntéseket, tanulási motivációkat és az eredményességet kísérjük figyelemmel, mégpedig a tanulmányi életút függvényében.***In this peaper we wish to deal with a group of students in higher education who usually receive little attention: the students pursuing their studies while they have a full-time job and a family. Sociological research dealing with people earning a degree as part-time students usually reaches the students after graduation, in the form of follow-up examinations. These projects follow the career of graduates from the aspects of the labour market, asking questions about the stations in the career of the individuals after graduation, the return of the investment made into education, the value of the degree in the labour market. Even the research projects approaching the issue from the aspects of higher education usually do not seek an answer to questions regarding the aspirations of the students for learning, or the success of their learning process. In our examination we research the learning decision, motivation and efficiency of mature students in the light of the academic life.

scholarly journals Characteristics of self-disclosure of full-time and part-time students in the process pursuing university degrees: a comparative analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 109-123
Author(s):  
Elizaveta Aleksandrovna Omelchenko ◽  
◽  
Tatyana Mikhailovna Churekova ◽  
Silvio Marcello Pagliara ◽  
Ruben Oganesovich Agavelyan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
Part Time Students ◽  
Part Time
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