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Data table of longitudinal stickiness for the four programs of the case study (Civil, Electrical, Industrial/Systems, and Mechanical Engineering) grouped by program, race/ethnicity, and sex. Provided for the convenience of vignette users.

Usage

case_results

Format

data.table with 43 rows and 4 columns:

program

Character. Academic program label.

people

Character. Race/ethnicity and sex as self-reported by the student, e.g., "Asian Male", "Black Female", etc.

ever

Numerical. The number of students ever enrolled in a program.

grad

Numerical. Number of students completing a program.

stick

Numerical. Program stickiness, the ratio of the number of graduates to the number ever enrolled, in percent.

Details

Longitudinal stickiness is the ratio of the number of students graduating from a program to the number of students ever enrolled in the program over the time span of available data. Results are based on data that have been filtered for data sufficiency, degree seeking, undergraduate terms, and timely completion.

See also