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Doctoral Completion & Attrition. September 2008. Attrition & Completion Graphs. All Students. Full Campus Study. Attrition No difference between demographic groups. GRE Verbal Scores positively related to attrition. No significant relationship found for GRE Quant or for GPA.
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Doctoral Completion & Attrition September 2008
Attrition & Completion Graphs All Students
Full Campus Study • Attrition • No difference between demographic groups. • GRE Verbal Scores positively related to attrition. No significant relationship found for GRE Quant or for GPA. • Students who attended a top tier BA school and those with a prior graduate degree are less likely to drop out. • Student faculty ratio is negatively related to dropout. • Programs with a tradition of publishing with a lone author have higher attrition rates. • Programs with a teaching requirement have higher drop out rates.
Full Campus Study • Early v. Late Attrition • Among dropouts, students with a foreign language requirement are more likely to dropout late. • Programs with a tradition of sole authorship tend to produce students who drop out later. • Differential impact of GRE Verbal between students enrolling with and without a prior graduate degree.
CGS Activities • Exit Survey • CGS Incidents System • 10 Year Attrition and Completion Reports • By program • By broad field by Gender and Ethnic Counts
Incidents Systems • IT Problems • 119 Reported Incidents to Date • Reported Reasons: • 22% Family • 22% Health • 19% Financial • 25% Lost Interest • Open Ended Comments • Subsequent Enrollment