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findings, advances conclusions, and offers recommendations for future research on the
association between academic lineage and student performance.
Data for the study were collected from the student information database at the
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Individual student records
containing GPA, class rank, USMLE score, failure/dismissal, and undergraduate
institution of origin were coded to indicate Carnegie classification, admission selectivity
group, and public or private governing control. Nonparametric tests were conducted to
ascertain the association between variables. The results of the study included a sample of
933 students who matriculated at UT Southwestern between 1990 and 1994 and
graduated or were dismissed between 1994 and 1998.
Discussion
Few studies have adequately examined the relationship between academic lineage
and student performance in medical school. Some studies have acknowledged the
difficulty of understanding the college grade point average across diverse institutions
(Johnson, 1986; Mitchell, 1987; Colliver, 1989; Silver, 1997; Koenig, 1998), but little
research has focused on the differences in performance of students from various
undergraduate institutions. The research that does exist (Johnson, 1971 b; Clapp and
Reid, 1976; and Sarnacki, 1982) presents conflicting results regarding the relationship
between academic lineage and student performance. This study presents an attempt to
more clearly understand this relationship based on the undergraduate institutional
characteristics of Carnegie classification, admission selectivity, and public or private
governing control.
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Wright, James Scott. Academic Lineage and Student Performance in Medical School, dissertation, August 1999; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2206/m1/66/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .