What Affects Timely University Graduation of Hispanic Students?

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  In Poster Session: Postsecondary Research 1

Abstract

University graduation, especially timely graduation, is not only one of the institutional effectiveness measures but also an increasingly important policy issue. In this paper, we use time-to-university-graduation as response variable to measure student's success in postsecondary education. The population of interest is Hispanic undergraduate students. We investigate predictors including gender, full-/part-time study status, mathematics performance, and overall academic university performance. Another factor we consider is major. The first research question explores the demographic and academic performance differences among various major sub-populations and the discrepancy on time-to-university-graduation. The second research question explores how to predict a student's time-to-university-graduation based on his/her demographic measurements and academic performance.

Authors

• Xiaohui Wang, The University of Texas - Pan American

• Olga M. Ramirez, The University of Texas - Pan American