- For all students, entering college with stronger high school preparation in both academic achievement and study skills/time management arena appears to set the stage for future academic success.
- Interacting with faculty in a mentorship way positively impacts cumulative college grades.
- There is a persistent significant difference in cumulative college GPAs between White students and their Black and Latino counterparts. Accounting for students’ pre-college academic preparation, college experiences, and institutional contexts reduced the predicted GPA difference between these groups by 60% but there were still differences in earned grades between these groups net of students’ self-efficacy, prior preparation, research experiences, and curricular and extracurricular college experiences.
- Percent URM undergraduates at college does not have a significant effect in explaining cumulative college GPA.