APPENDIX VIII
FOLLOW-UP STUDIES OF GRADUATES FROM
ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS

 

Table VIII-1. Follow-up of Graduates of the Anchorage Boarding Home Program,
Beltz Boarding School, and Bethel Regional High School 1970-1972a
         
  Anchorage Boarding Beltz Bethel  
  Home Program Regional School Regional School Total
         
College Entrance and Successb      
         
Total Number of Graduates in        
Senior Class 1970-1 972 65 91 19 175
         
Graduates Entering College 13 (20%) 23 (25%) 5 (26%) 41 (23%)
         
Average Number of College        
Sessions Completed by Year        
         
1969-70 4.67 (4 students) 1.40 (9 students)    
1970-71 2.00 (2 students) 1.62 (9 students) 1.00 (2 students)  
1971-72 1.60 (7 students) 1.60 (5 students) 1.30 (3 students)  
         
Grade Point Average (GPA) 2.19 1.31 2.00  
         
Average Credits Earned        
per session 11.93 10.00 10.85  
         
Graduates Successfulc        
in College 8 (62%) 7 (30%) 1 (20%) 16 (39%)
         
Community Activities and Employment      
         
Graduates with jobs who        
are not studentsd 12 13 3 28
         
Graduates participating        
in community activitiese 4 (17%) 4 (13%) 0 (0%) 8 (14%)
         
Opinion of School Program      
         
Positive 6 (26%) 2 (9%) 3 (75%) 11 (22%)
Mixed 15 (65%) 9 (39%) 0 (0%) 24 (48%)
Negative 2 (9%) 12 (52%) 1 (25%) 15 (30%)
Total 23 23 4 50
         
Questionnaires Returned of Known Addresses      
         
Number Returned 23 (46%) 30 (42%) 4 (31%) 57 (42%)
Number Sent 50 72 13 135
         
aBethel Boarding Home Program graduating class of 1969-70 is too small to include.
blncludes those students in the Dillingham Foreign Study Program.
cSuccess is defined as earning a 2.00 GPA with 7.5 credits of instruction completed for first session.
dProportion cannot be calculated because same information came from sources other than questionnaires.
eBased on questionnaire returns.      

 

Table VIII-2. First Enrollment Success Rates* for Students Entering Alaska Higher Education
by Type of High School and Type of College 1963-64, 1968-69, 1971-72 
                 
  U. of A.     Sheldon Jackson    
  (Fairbanks) A.M.U. College Total
Type of High School Students Percent Students Percent Students Percent Students Percent
                 
Public Native Majority 16 out of 53
30%
 5 out of 10
50%
 4 out of 13
31%
 25 out of 76
33%
Public White Majority 25 out of 65
38
 7 out of 16
44
 8 out of 15
53
 40 out of 96
42
Public Boarding School 7 out of 40
18
 9 out of 21
43
 6 out of 13
46
 22 out of 74
30
Private Boarding School 16 out of 33
48
 2 out of 5
40
 6 out of 11
55
 24 out of 49
49
                 
*Success is defined as achieving a 2.0 grade point average while completing 7.5 credits or more
during the first enrollment.
                 
This table is taken from K. Kohout and J. Kleinfeld, Alaska Natives in Alaska Higher Education, Institute of Social, Economic and Government Research (forthcoming, 1974).  

 

Table VIII-3. First Enrollment Success Rates* for Alaska Native Students Enrolled at the University of Alaska by Type of High School and ACT Scores 1968-1972 (inclusive) 
                 
  Low ACT Medium ACT High ACT Total
Type of High School Students Percent Students Percent Students Percent Students Percent
                 
Public Native Majority 3 out of 21
14%
 21 out of 58
36%
 4 out of 9
44%
 28 out of 88
32%
   
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
Public White Majority  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
(no dormitory)  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
Rural Background 2 out of 7
29
 6 out of 25
24
 2 out of 4
50
 10 out of 36
28
Urban Background 1 out of 6
17
 16 out of 37
43
 9 out of 16
56
 26 out of 59
44
   
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
Public Boarding School 0 out of 9
0
 9 out of 44
20
 0 out of 5
0
 9 out of 58
16
   
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
Private Boarding School 7 out of 12
58
 15 out of 37
41
 4 out of 5
80
 26 out of 54
48
                 
*Success is defined as achieving a 2.0 grade point average while completing 7.5 credits or more during the first enrollment.  
                 
This table is taken from K. Kohout and J. Kleinfeld, Alaska Natives in Alaska Higher Education, Institute of Social, Economic and Government Research (forthcoming, 1974).  

 

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