Each tenth of a grade point increase in engineering GPA raises the odds of six-year engineering graduation for black students by 13.7 percent¶

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q2 i? For every tenth of a grade point increase in engineering GPA, the odds of a black student graduating with an engineering degree in six years improve by 13.7 percent. → C. Cosentino 2014

Evidence¶

C. Cosentino 2014¶

C. Cosentino, M.D. Sulivan, N.T. Gahlawat, M.W. Ohland, R.A. Long. (2014). Black Engineering Transfer Students: What Explains Their Success? IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/black-engineering-transfer-students-what-explains-their-success doi:10.1109/fie.2014.7044270

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The two-year transfer analysis reports an odds-based association: "for every tenth of a grade point increase in engineering GPA, the odds of a black student graduating with an engineering degree in six years improves by 13.7 percent." The 13.7 percent figure is the printed magnitude; no standardized effect size is given.

"for every tenth of a grade point increase in engineering GPA, the odds of a black student graduating with an engineering degree in six years improves by 13.7 percent"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• For two-year black transfer students, gender and engineering GPA—not transfer status—drive graduation outcomes, with black women outperforming black men — related
• Two-year and four-year origin transfers differ on gender, enrollment status, and six-year engineering graduation — related