NDLI: The Double Cohort retention and academic success comparison: are students in the new Ontario secondary school program disadvantaged?

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Author	Tremblay, Line Guylaine Garg, Rashmi Levin, Elizabeth
Copyright Year	2007
Abstract	In September 2003, Ontario universities accepted a double cohort of new students resulting from the Ontario government’s decision to eliminate Grade 13. The admission to university of two categories of students distinguished by their age and high school program raised a number of questions, not only in terms of admission infrastructure but mostly in what concerns the sum of student retention, academic success, and graduation. Factors associated with success and with the maintenance of university studies are numerous: stress, socioeconomic status, parents’ education, intellectual capacities, motivation, social abilities, and social support (Olds & Papalia, 2000). Therefore, the objectives of this study were: (1) to test the hypothesis of a double cohort effect on student academic success during the first year of university, (2) to verify the hypothesis that high school academic history, socioeconomic variables related to stress and perceived stress predict academic success and retention at the end of first year university. In September 2003, 300 first year students answered questionnaires inquiring about their high school program and high school GPA, their socioeconomic characteristics, and their perceived stress. These measures were then used to predict drop out, final GPA, number of credits attempted, passed and failed in June 2004. Results showed that school persistence and first year university academic achievement are mostly predicted by gender, high school GPA, type of financial resources, and number of hours worked at a paid job. Although not significant, we have found a higher proportion of Grade 12 students who dropped out during first year at university, suggesting a possible long-term effect of high school program on academic achievement.
Starting Page	193
Ending Page	212
Page Count	20
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13812890
Journal	Social Psychology of Education
Volume Number	10
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	15731928
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publisher Date	2007-04-30
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	university age academic achievement drop out stress Education & Society Personality & Social Psychology Education (general)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Sociology and Political Science Education Developmental and Educational Psychology Social Psychology

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
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