影响美国大学毕业率的相关因素研究

A Research on the Relevant Factors Impacting the Graduation Rates in American Universities

毕业率是衡量高等教育质量的重要标志。文章根据2005年卡内基高等学校分类,随机抽取美国7类大学的毕业率、录取率、留校率和新生大学入学考试(SAT)成绩等数据,分析影响毕业率的主要因素及其因果关系。研究结论如下:7类大学毕业率具有显著差异,其中留校率和SAT成绩与毕业率具有高度正相关关系,大部分学校录取率对毕业率没有显著影响。研究结果对提高我国高等教育人才培养质量具有一定的启示。

Graduation rate is an important indicator for measuring the quality of higher education.Based on 2005 Carnegie University Classification,this paper randomly selects samples of Graduation Rate,Admission Percentage,First-Time Student Retention,and SAT from 7 kinds of university in the United States,gives an analysis of the main factors and their causal relationship which impacts the graduation rates.It concludes that there are significant differences between the Graduation Rates in the 7 kinds of university： First-Time Student Retention and SAT have high positive correlations with Graduation Rates;meanwhile,Admission Percentage in most of the universities has no significant impact.This research brings some implication for enhancing the personnel training quality of higher education in China.