Grade Point Average Differences between Dual and Nondual Credit College Students
Urban Studies Research February 11, 2013 Robert D. Young, Sheila A. Joyner, John R. Slate 17 citations
Students who earned dual enrollment credit in high school had higher grade point averages (GPAs) in their first and final terms at a Texas community college compared with students who did not have dual credit. Five statistically significant differences, though with small effect sizes, appeared by gender and ethnicity. Dual enrollment did not significantly affect GPAs for Asian students or for students after two years at the college. This is the first known comparison of first-semester and end-of-second-year GPAs between dual credit and nondual credit students.