Career Performance of Marginally Scholastic Graduates of the Air Force Institute of Technology's Resident Master's Degree Programs
Abstract
The Air Force invests substantial amounts of time, money, and resources to sponsor officers in full-time graduate programs at the Air Force Institute of Technology. This thesis project was an effort to determine the correlation between graduate grade point average and career performance to determine if the Air Force receives a lower return on its investment from those officers who graduate with marginal grade point averages. The measures of career performance analyzed were time to promotion, selection rate for promotion, and service time in the Air Force. The results showed that no significant difference existed between the marginal and non-marginal groups for promotion time or for service time. There was a difference in promotion rates but only for promotion to the rank of lieutenant colonel. The regression results indicated an inverse relationship between graduate grade point average and both promotion and service time. In both cases, however, the correlation was weak and a very small percentage of the variations in promotion and service times were explained.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1984
- Accession Number
- ADA148484
Entities
People
- Michael D. Zwart
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology