Freshmen rank lack of money as the leading cause of elimination, followed by ill-health; the authors attribute about 34 per cent of elimination to lack of means and 28 per cent to ill-health¶
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q2 i? Among 308 freshmen questionnaire replies, lack of money was by far the most prominent first-ranked cause of elimination, followed by ill-health, disappointment and tired of school. → E. D. Jennings 1911
q2 i? The authors estimate lack of means caused about 34 per cent of elimination and ill-health 28 per cent. → E. D. Jennings 1911 (2)
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E. D. Jennings 1911¶
E. D. Jennings. (1911). The Elimination of Freshmen from the University of Texas. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://eric.ed.gov/?q=elimination+of+freshmen+from+the+university+of+texas
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Questionnaire given to six hundred freshmen with 308 replies, ranking five candidate causes; students had two days to reply. The authors judged second- and third-rank figures not valuable but first-rank figures significant.
"those in the first rank do seem significant. "Lack of money" is by far the most prominent, followed in order by "Ill-health," "Disappointed" and "Tired of school.""
E. D. Jennings 1911 (2)¶
E. D. Jennings. (1911). The Elimination of Freshmen from the University of Texas. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://eric.ed.gov/?q=elimination+of+freshmen+from+the+university+of+texas
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From the conclusions: lack of means accounts for about 34 per cent of elimination; a separate conclusion states "Ill-health causes 28 per cent, of all elmination." The authors recommend state scholarships and sanitary dormitories.
"2. Lack of means causes about 34 per cent, of this elimination."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Physical Well-Being — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
Related Claims¶
- University scholarship ratings ran about 16 per cent below high-school ratings for the same students, ranking them only two-thirds as high per hour of study, a gap the authors link to discouragement and withdrawal — related
- A postal follow-up of 850 non-returning freshmen corroborated the earlier findings, with lack of money again the most common first-ranked cause (54 of 108 replies) — related
- Students with the least means studied the most and made the best grades, while students tired of school studied least and made relatively low grades — related
- About 60 per cent of University of Texas freshmen withdrew permanently each year, based on student-history tracing of 1901–1908 freshman cohorts — related
- The questionnaire method failed to reach the views of the laggard students themselves, with only about one in six replying — related
- The large majority of freshmen scoring below 77.5 Alpha drop out before senior year — related
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Freshmen rank lack of money as the leading cause of elimination, followed by ill-health; the authors attribute about 34 per cent of elimination to lack of means and 28 per cent to ill-health |
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Freshmen rank lack of money as the leading cause of elimination, followed by ill-health; the authors attribute about 34 per cent of elimination to lack of means and 28 per cent to ill-health |
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