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    A Comparison of the Academic Performance of Jamaican Community College Transfer Students and Native University Students Enrolled in a Collaborative Baccalaureate Degree Program
    (2010-03-23) Buckle, Earle Melford; Bonnie Fusarelli, Committee Member; Joy Gaston Gayles, Committee Member; Duane Akroyd, Committee Co-Chair; Leila Gonzalez-Sullivan, Committee Co-Chair
    There is a perception in the Jamaican postsecondary education system that students who begin baccalaureate studies at community colleges do not perform as well academically as those who begin at the public universities. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to compare the academic performance of transfer students who began their baccalaureate studies under a franchising arrangement between a community college and a university with the academic performance of native university students. Grade point average, time to degree, and baccalaureate degree attainment were used as proxies for academic performance. The study’s conceptual framework was developed from existing models of student attrition. Based on these models, it was hypothesized that institutional type and student characteristics were significant factors in determining a student’s academic success in baccalaureate degree studies. T-tests, one-way ANOVA, and logistic regression were used to analyze data from a stratified sample of transfer and “native†juniors selected from a Jamaican public university. The study compared the academic performance of the two groups as each progressed toward attaining the baccalaureate degree. The study found no significant difference between the academic performances of the two groups. It was determined that the students’ likelihood of degree attainment was not affected by the institution where they started their baccalaureate studies but, instead, by their lower division grade point average. Based on these findings, the study presented a number of recommendations for policy, practice, and future research.
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    Differences in Work Ethic Among Job Seekers Grouped by Employment Status, Age and Gender
    (2004-05-20) Fouts, Susan Fowler; Carol Kasworm, Committee Co-Chair; Leila Gonzalez-Sullivan, Committee Co-Chair; Saundra Williams, Committee Member; Dennis Daley, Committee Member
    Work ethic has historically been linked to financial success of individuals and is an multi-dimensional attribute desired by employers. This study examined the level of adherence to work ethic among jobseekers grouped by employment status, age, and gender. This ex-post facto descriptive study used a univariate analysis of variance (p< .05) to evaluate responses to the Occupational Work Ethic Inventory. The study was conducted at the Haywood County JobLink Center in rural Western North Carolina. Jobseekers were grouped by employment status, age, and gender separately and by combinations of these independent variables. There were no significant differences in work ethic scores among jobseekers when grouped by age and gender separately or a combination of age and gender. There were differences in work ethic scores of jobseekers when grouped by employment status. There were also differences in work ethic scores of jobseekers when grouped by employment status and gender. Additionally, there were significant differences in work ethic scores among jobseekers when grouped by employment status and age. The most significant finding of the study was a higher level of work ethic among some unemployed jobseekers when compared with employed jobseekers. This study was one of the first to examine the work ethic among jobseeker groups.