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Contents
Acknowledgments 4
Introduction 9
Selected Findings 11
References 27
Appendix A-Glossary 29
Appendix B-Technical Notes and Methodology 39
Appendix C-Standard Error Tables 53
Table 1. UNDERGRADUATE CREDITS AND GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA): Among 2011-12 beginning postsecondary students, average number of undergraduate credits attempted and... 13
Table 2. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) CREDITS AND GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA): Percentage of 2011-12 beginning postsecondary students... 16
Table 3. REMEDIAL COURSETAKING: Percentage of 2011-12 beginning postsecondary students who took any remedial courses and, among those students, average number of remedial... 18
Table 4. HIGHEST POSTSECONDARY ATTAINMENT: Percentage distribution of 2011-12 beginning postsecondary students' highest postsecondary attainment, by first degree program and... 20
Table 5. SUMMER ENROLLMENT AND CREDITS: Percentage of 2011-12 beginning postsecondary students who ever enrolled in summer classes and, among those students, average number... 21
Table 6. TIME TO FIRST POSTSECONDARY CREDENTIAL: Percentage of 2011-12 beginning postsecondary students who ever earned a postsecondary credential and, among those students, 23
Table 7. BACHELOR'S DEGREE ATTAINMENT AND TIME TO FIRST BACHELOR'S DEGREE: Percentage of 2011-12 beginning postsecondary students who ever earned a bachelor's degree and,... 25
Table B-1. Number of eligible institutions, number of eligible participating institutions, and unweighted participation rate, by control, level, and doctorate-granting status of institution: 2018-19 41
Table B-2. Number and percentage distribution of students by transcript respondent status: 2018-19 42
Table B-3. Numbers of sampled and eligible students and transcript response rates, by control, level, and doctorate-granting status of institution: 2018-19 43
Table B-4. Weighted item response rates for all students, by control, level, and doctorate-granting status of institution: 2018-19 45
Table B-5. Percentage distribution of all Postsecondary Education Transcript Study (PETS) respondents and the subset of PETS respondents for whom transcript information or enrollment... 48
Table C-1. Standard errors for table 1: UNDERGRADUATE CREDITS AND GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA): Among 2011-12 beginning postsecondary students, average number of undergraduate... 54
Table C-2. Standard errors for table 2: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) CREDITS AND GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA): Percentage of 2011-12 beginning... 57
Table C-3. Standard errors for table 3: REMEDIAL COURSETAKING: Percentage of 2011-12 beginning postsecondary students who took any remedial courses and, among those students,... 58
Table C-4. Standard errors for table 4: HIGHEST POSTSECONDARY ATTAINMENT: Percentage distribution of 2011-12 beginning postsecondary students' highest postsecondary attainment,... 59
Table C-5. Standard errors for table 5: SUMMER ENROLLMENT AND CREDITS: Percentage of 2011-12 beginning postsecondary students who ever enrolled in summer classes and, among... 60
Table C-6. Standard errors for table 6: TIME TO FIRST POSTSECONDARY CREDENTIAL: Percentage of 2011-12 beginning postsecondary students who ever earned a postsecondary credential... 61
Table C-7. Standard errors for table 7: BACHELOR'S DEGREE ATTAINMENT AND TIME TO FIRST BACHELOR'S DEGREE: Percentage of 2011-12 beginning postsecondary students who ever... 62
Table C-8. Standard errors for table B-5: Percentage distribution of all Postsecondary Education Transcript Study (PETS) respondents and the subset of PETS respondents for whom transcript... 64