Investigation of Research on Exclusion Policy
Year: 2014
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: . Universities exclude a large number of students into our society. However, there is little research on these students after they have left universities. This study is an effort to fill the vacancy with two objectives. First objective is to recommend interdisciplinary research among three streams of research: exclusion in primary and secondary education, exclusion in higher education, and social exclusion. Second objective is to bring a better understanding of excluded students through analyzing SAT and high school GPA scores. This study performed a descriptive analysis of 5364 excluded students and 16508 graduated students. The first finding of this study revealed that the majority (68.36%) of excluded students have an SAT score of 901 – 1100. The finding raised the questions for future studies. Why are we failing more students with SAT scores between 901-1100? What are the distinguished characteristics of these students contribute to academic failure? What can we do about it? The second finding shows that 43.12% of all excluded students have a high school GPA of 2.75- 4.00. These students were relatively successful in high school, but failed terribly in college. According to Tinto‘s integration theory, retention rate is determined by how well students integrated into school environment socially and academically (Tinto & Cullen, 1973; Wolniak, Mayhew, & Engberg, 2012). The future studies on this group of students will be valuable in understanding the transition process from high school to college.
Author: Aimao Zhang
Institution: Georgia Southern University
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1485921089