Flores Marti, Simonsson Marie
University of Texas-Texas Southmost College, Brownsville, TX, USA.
Radiol Technol. 2012 Mar-Apr;83(4):325-36.
The need to find methods to reduce attrition rates in allied health programs has caught the attention of legislators and administrators of higher education institutions.
A quantitative method design was used to investigate academic achievement in college as a function of high school achievement, high school performance, aptitude, and proactive measures taken by students. College transcripts and a survey were used to collect data. Eighty-six participants volunteered for the study. The data were analyzed with multiple linear regressions.
Academic achievement was found to be a function of the independent variables examined. Together, the variables accounted for 37% of the total variance in academic achievement among the respondents, as measured by college grade point average. The findings suggest that dual enrollment programs play an integral part in academic achievement and may help facilitate the transition of high school students into the radiologic sciences. The findings may assist educators working with students in public schools and in higher education, especially students seeking to enter the radiologic sciences as a profession.
Dual enrollment programs may be 1 avenue to help reduce attrition rates in allied health programs, especially in radiologic technology programs.
寻找降低联合健康项目退学率方法的需求引起了立法者和高等教育机构管理人员的关注。
采用定量方法设计，将大学学业成绩作为高中成绩、高中表现、能力倾向以及学生采取的积极措施的函数进行调查。利用大学成绩单和一项调查问卷收集数据。86名参与者自愿参与该研究。数据采用多元线性回归进行分析。
发现学业成绩是所考察自变量的函数。这些变量共同解释了受访者学业成绩总方差的37%，以大学平均绩点衡量。研究结果表明，双学分课程在学业成绩中发挥着不可或缺的作用，可能有助于促进高中生向放射科学专业的过渡。这些发现可能有助于公立学校和高等教育机构中与学生打交道的教育工作者，尤其是那些寻求将放射科学作为职业的学生。
双学分课程可能是帮助降低联合健康项目退学率的一条途径，尤其是在放射技术项目中。
