Case-study results

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

study_results

Format

data.table with 50 rows and 6 columns:

program

Character, academic program label.

sex

Character, sex as self-reported by the student, possible values are Female, Male, and Unknown.

race

Character, race/ethnicity as self-reported by the student, e.g., Asian, Black, Hispanic, etc.

ever_enrolled

Numerical, number of students ever enrolled in a program.

graduates

Numerical, number of students completing a program.

stickiness

Numerical, program stickiness, the ratio of graduates to 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, and timely completion.

See also

Other case-study-data: baseline_mcid, study_observations, study_programs