Undergraduate Academic Achievement as an Indicator of Fleet Performance and Retention
Abstract
This research analyzes the relationship between academic performance and fleet performance and retention of United States Naval Academy graduates. Linear regression and LOGIT models are developed for USNA classes of 1980 through 1985 to analyze the effect of explanatory variables on the measures of occupational success, fitness reports (FITREPS) and retention in the Navy. Understanding the relationship between college academic performance and job performance is important because of the organizational and cultural emphasis placed on academic grades. At the Naval Academy, high academic performance affords midshipmen extra privileges and, most importantly, precedence for service selection Analysis of academic tactors and several other explanatory variables, both academic and military, shows that academics accounts for only a small percent of the variation in fitness report grades. Subjective criteria, such as military performance grades, proved much more predictive than course grades for both performance and retention. This study recommends that the component weighting of order of merit calculation be revisited. That way, midshipmen and Naval Academy focus is realigned to emphasize factors predicting occupational success.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA354302
Entities
People
- John D. Gremillion
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School