Admissions variables and the Prediction of Success in an Undergraduate Fieldwork Program

Abstract

Admissions decisions at the undergraduate level are complicated by both the youth and the grade point average range of the applicants, yet little research has been done on the relationship between preadmission variables and outcome. This study relates junior-level grade point average, student birth year, assertion inventory scores, previous organization leadership and membership roles, volunteer experience, and work experience, to later performance ratings in an undergraduate fieldwork program for 83 BSW students. The performance ratings were done by university faculty liaisons after input from the agency supervisor. The multiple regression analysis indicated that only grade point average and age were significant success predictors. Younger students with higher grade points performed better in the fieldwork program.

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Mary Cunningham

MARY CUNNINGHAM is the director of the social work program in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work at Illinois State University.