caa a22 4500 44532676X CHVBK 20180317142723.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11162-010-9208-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11162-010-9208-x Assessing the Effectiveness of a College Freshman Seminar Using Propensity Score Adjustments [Elektronische Daten] [M. Clark, Nicole Cundiff] Researchers investigated the impact that a first-year college experience course had on students' first-year grade point averages (GPAs) and retention rates. A sample of 109 first-year students enrolled in the course was compared to a sample of 326 students from the same university who had not taken the course. The goals of the experience course were to reduce attrition, increase grade point averages, and enhance academic skills. Without accounting for selection bias, those who took the course had similar retention rates and lower GPAs than those who did not take the course. After matching on propensity scores, the negative effects of the program on GPA were nullified and those in the program were more likely to enroll for a second year. Although the benefits from the course were weak, the positive impact of the program was more apparent after accounting for individual differences. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2011 First-year seminar nationallicence College retention nationallicence Academic success nationallicence Propensity scores nationallicence Selection bias nationallicence Clark M. Department of Educational and Human Sciences, College of Education, University of Central Florida, P.O. Box 161250, 32816-1250, Orlando, FL, USA aut Cundiff Nicole School of Management, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA aut Research in Higher Education Springer Netherlands 52/6(2011-09-01), 616-639 0361-0365 52:6<616 2011 52 11162 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-010-9208-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-010-9208-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Clark M. Department of Educational and Human Sciences, College of Education, University of Central Florida, P.O. Box 161250, 32816-1250, Orlando, FL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cundiff Nicole School of Management, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Research in Higher Education Springer Netherlands 52/6(2011-09-01), 616-639 0361-0365 52:6<616 2011 52 11162 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer