EDU 992 Assignment Presentation Education Abroad.pptx

Education Abroad and College Completion

1. Education abroad and college completion Data Analysis Critique 4/23/24

2. Research problem The study sought to determine the effect study abroad programs on college completion. Students who participate in study abroad program during the course of the college careers may or may not have an advantage or a disadvantage to completing their college work within the normal four-year time period Study abroad is defined as a student taking course work in another country and receiving college credit from the university. Read More

3. RESEARCH QUESTION Does participation in study abroad programs in higher education distract students and therefore impedes timely graduation or on the contrary, is study abroad a high impact practice that fosters student engagement and hence student’s college completion?

4. hypotheses Studying abroad distracts students from efficient pursuit of their programs of study. Serving as a distraction, it can slow down the progress for students to complete their degree and graduate within four to six years. S tudy abroad is a high impact practice that fosters student engagement and thereby college completion.

5. Research design The Research in Higher Education Abroad and College Completion Study is a quantitative study using data from the Consortium for Analysis of Student Success through International Education (CASSIE). The CASSIE data set consists of student-level information from the public 4-year universities in Georgia as well as public and private universities across the country. Other data collected and analyzed included institution, location, enrollment, study abroad status. The sample included all bachelor’s degree-seeking first-time first-year students who matriculated to their respective institutions in Fall 2010 or Fall 2011. The dates selected were important to the validity of the study so that graduation within 6 years could be tracked at the time the data were compiled (Bhatt, 2022).

6. Independent variable The Research in Higher Education Abroad and College Completion Study independent variable is "studying abroad,".

7. dependent variable The dependent are Graduation within 4 years, Graduation within 6 years, Cumulative GPA at graduation, Credit hours earned, and Time-to-degree.

8. Sampling and group assignment The sample included all bachelor’s degree-seeking first-time first-year students who matriculated to their respective institutions in Fall 2010 or Fall 2011. The dates selected were important to the validity of the study so that graduation within 6 years could be tracked at the time the data were compiled For each student, records about enrollment, cumulative GPA (grade point average), and degrees conferred (if any( were obtained for up to 6 years following first matriculations, allowing the study to examine 6-year graduation outcomes The final sample consisted of 221,981 students across 35 institutions. Of these students, 30,649, or 14% every studies abroad during the 6-year observation period, which is consistent with national findings Study abroad program and experiences differ widely in variety of topic, location, length, language, administrative structure, and frequency. This factor needed to be included in the study to normalize the data across all institutions.

9. VALIDITY One of the most important features of any instrument is that it measures the concept being studied in a controlled and consistent way. Validity is described as the ability of the instrument to measure what it is intended to measure. In this case, the study is valid because it is free from bias, based on its sampling method.

10. Instrument VALIDITY & reliability The tools used for collection in this study were the data sets from CASSIE including student-level information from the public 4-year universities in Georgia as well as public and private universities across the country. Data collection protocols were approved by the USG - University System of Georgia’s institutional review board, and therefore is deemed reliable.

11. Methods of data analysis The data in this study was constructed using two approaches. For USG institutions, academic records were retrieved through the authors’ administrative access to system -wide student level data. However, the administrative data lacked information on whether and when students studied abroad, therefore, education abroad offices at each of the USG institutions provided this additional data which was then merged with administrative data. In analyzing the student data in this study, regression was used. The researchers ran ordinary least squares (OLS) regressions, controlling or multiple covariates such as gender, race, high school GPA, and institution fixed effects. Students who studied abroad once or more than once were lumped together into a single treated category and compared to controls who never studied abroad. Additionally, varying lengths of study abroad programs were analyzed for their potential effect on the outcomes. Lastly, the outcome was measured over the passage of time from graduation in both four and six years.

12. conclusion This study found that those who studied abroad were 3.8% more likely to graduate with a bachelor’s degree in 6 years and 6.2% more likely to graduate within 4 years, compared with those who never studied abroad. Study abroad graduates also had on average a GPA 0.16 points higher. Taken together, these estimates suggest that for all students, study abroad contributed to higher completion outcomes without contributing to longer time to degree or substantial excess credits.

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