Grade Replacement Policy and Its Impact on Undergraduate Students Admitted to a Selective College Program: A Case Study of an Introductory Accounting Course
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2024
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The purposes of previous studies involving repeat coursework ranged from identifying traits of students likely to repeat to impact on time-to-degree. This quantitative study examined the impact of a course repeat policy on enrollment and student success in a required gateway course. Prior to the Grade Replacement Policy (GRP), all non-passing grades were factored into grade point averages (GPAs), which made it difficult for repeating students to raise their GPAs to meet the minimum requirements for admission to selective and competitive majors; after GRP’s implementation, GPAs only included the most recent attempt’s grade, thereby excluding the earlier non-passing attempts from calculation. This study used chi-square one-way and two-way tests to measure GRP’s impact in the 10 fall and spring admission terms pre- and post-policy implementation for students enrolled in Accounting 201, a required course for admission to the institution’s Business School, which has selective admission and requires a minimum 2.50 GPA. The findings indicate that the availability of GRP had an impact on the number of students who repeated the course and were subsequently admitted to the Business School. The findings also suggest that the availability of GRP did not significantly affect residency status, gender, and class standing status among repeat students. The results of this study contribute to the literature of higher education policy analysis, course enrollment, and student success in selective admission majors.
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Higher education administration, Education, Higher education, Enrollment, Grade Replacement Policy, Pre- and post-policy implementation analysis, Repeat course, Selective admission
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