As massive open online courses (MOOCs) shift toward professional degree and certificate
programs, can they become a global on-ramp for increasing access to emerging fields for …

Does Pre-Assessment Work? Page 1 University of Kentucky UKnowledge Educational,
School, and Counseling Psychology Faculty Publications Educational, School, and …

The use of college entrance exams for facilitating admission decisions become
controversial, and the central argument is around the fairness of test scores. The Kuwait …

Purpose Human capital theory suggests that any increase in skills translates into greater
productivity of the workforce. Non-cognitive skills, in particular, play a critical role in many …

We derived an index of high school academic rigor (HSAR) by optimizing the prediction of
first‐year college GPA (FYGPA) based on high school courses taken, grades, and indicators …

Purpose This research seeks to extend previous research into student discipline and
competitiveness, at the macro or national level, to the micro or individual level. The role of …

In our digital 21st century, work demands a different set of skills than that of our industrial
past. Educational institutions need to do more to help students both complete tertiary …

This study investigated differences in college grading practices (first-year grade point
average and course grades) by student and institutional characteristics and by academic …

There is a considerable amount of focus on the grading systems applied in higher
education, as it is an important tool for ranking undergraduate students' in terms of their …

A longstanding concern about admissions to higher education is the underprediction of
female academic performance by admission test scores. One explanation for these findings …