A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n

Educational and Labor Market Performance of GED Recipients - February 1998

Appendix B: Table B-5

Author	College Program	Population Sample	Number	Percent Graduating	GED/ HSG Ratio
Table B-5.-Postsecondary graduation rates of GED recipients and high school graduates

POSTSECONDARY VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS

Tyler 1956	Institute Applied Arts & Sciences, Buffalo Entrants 1947-52	All GEDs All HSGs	58 GED 2,154 HSG	62.0 72.0	0.86
Murphy 1973 in Rogers 1987		LPN students 1960-1972	46 GEDs 40 HSGs	78.0 61.0	1.28
Wilson, Davis, & Davis 1981	Lake City Community College, FL Duration unclear. 5 voc programs.	Voc. enrollees 1976-77. Selection unclear	27 GEDs 77 HSGs	63.0 60.0	1.05
Pawasarat & Quinn 1986	Milwaukee Area Technical College. Entrants 1980-83; by 1985. 7 or more credits, 1st semester	All GEDs All others	501 GEDs 3,300 HSG 827 HS Drops	38.0 59.0 31.0	0.64
Swift 1989	12 of 28 postsecondary vocational schools, GA 1983-86	All practical nursing studs Age, race?	282 GEDs 972 HSG 1,254 total	68.0 70.0	0.97
Carr 1994	Kentucky Tech Institutions 3 health programs	All leavers (376) random stayers (375) enrolled 1989-92	GEDs HSGs	40.0 62.0	0.65
Parrish 1994	2-yr colls, AL 4 randomly selected LPN programs out of 10	All full-time fall enrollees 1988-90 in the 4 programs	114 GEDs 414 HSGs	44.7 52.4	0.85
Mean GED Mean HSG Ratio: Mean GED/HSG Number of Colleges				56.2 62.3 0.90 20

Author	College, Program	Population Sample	Number	Percent Graduating	GED/ HSG Ratio
Table B-5.-Postsecondary graduation rates of GED recipients and high school graduates (continued)

2-YEAR COLLEGES

Willet 1982	Elgin Community College IL Entrants, in 1976, 5 years later.	Random Random	68 GEDs 68 HSGs	22.0 27.9	0.79
Grady 1983	Broward Community College, FL Entrants, Fall 1990. >1 course. 3 years later.	All GEDs Random HSGs Match age, sex, race.	458 GEDs 458 HSGs	3.5 7.2	0.49
Klein & Grise 1987	Survey of registrars at 10 of 28 Florida community colleges.	All GEDs All HSGs	GEDs HSGs	26.0 49.0	0.53
Pawasarat & Quinn 1986	Milwaukee Area Technical College. Entrants 1980-83; by 1985.	All GEDs All others 7 or more credits	1578 GEDs 9500 HSGs 248 HSDrops	8.0 30.0 10.0	0.27
Mean GED Mean HSG Ratio: Mean GED/HSG Number of Colleges				14.9 28.5 0.52 13

Author	College Program	Population Sample	Number	Percent Graduating	GED/ HSG Ratio
Table B-5.-Postsecondary graduation rates of GED recipients and high school graduates (continued)

4-YEAR COLLEGES

Bledsoe 1953	University of Georgia	All GED All 1946 Freshmen	GED Full cohort.	27.0 34.0	0.79
Bledsoe 1953	Middle Tennessee State College. Freshmen in 1946;	All GEDs All 1946 Freshmen	GED Full cohort.	24.0 31.0	0.77
D'Amico 1957	Indiana University Males admitted 1946-1950 Complete 1+ courses	All GEDs Random HSG GED 35/45	307 GED 307 HSG	25.4 29.6	0.86
Whitley 1958	Florida State University Entrants 1948-9/1952-3	All 15 percent chosen systematically	89 GED 194 HSG	25.4 29.6	0.86
Mean GED Mean HSG Ratio: Mean GED/HSG Number of Colleges				27.8 31.3 0.89 4
OTHER^*
Bledsoe 1953	University Tennessee Freshmen in 1946; 5 years later.	All GEDs All 1946 Freshmen Cohort rate informal estimate.	GED Full cohort.	17.0 42.0	0.40
Tyler 1956	Champlain College, VT Period unknown.	Selection unknown	170 GED 78 HSG	14.0 11.0	1.27
Tyler 1956	Indiana University Period unknown.	Selection unknown	221 GED 221 HSG	34.0 39.0	0.87
Mean GED Mean HSG Ratio: Mean GED/HSG Number of colleges				21.7 30.7 0.71 3

^*The "other" studies have methodological problems that raise questions about the validity/reliability of the findings.

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