Predicting Higher Education Graduation Rates from Institutional Characteristics and Resource Allocation

Creator

Florence A. Hamrick
John H. Schuh
Mack C. Shelley II

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Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

May 2004

Abstract

This study incorporated institutional characteristics (e.g., Carnegie type, selectivity) and resource allocations (e.g., instructional expenditures, student affairs expenditures) into a statistical model to predict undergraduate graduation rates. Instructional expenditures, library expenditures, and a number of institutional classification variables were significant predictors of graduation rates. ...

Keywords

College students--United States--Statistics, Higher education, Resource allocation

Extent

23

Volume

12

Issue

18

Language

English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Note

Citation: Hamrick, F. A., Schuh, J. H., & Shelley, M. C. (2004, May 4). Predicting higher education graduation rates from institutional characteristics and resource allocation. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 12, 19. Retrieved [Date] from http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v12n19.

Identifier

E11-00368

Creative Commons

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Hamrick, Florence A.; Schuh, John H.; and Shelley, Mack C. II, "Predicting Higher Education Graduation Rates from Institutional Characteristics and Resource Allocation" (2004). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 473.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/473