Investigation of Research on Exclusion Policy

Aimao Zhang

Abstract


Universities exclude a large number of students into our society.  However, there is little research on these students after they have left universities.  This study is an effort to fill the vacancy with two objectives.  First objective is to recommend interdisciplinary research among three streams of research: exclusion in primary and secondary education, exclusion in higher education, and social exclusion.  Second objective is to bring a better understanding of excluded students through analyzing SAT and high school GPA scores.  This study revealed that over 68.36% of all excluded students have an SAT score of 901 - 1100 and 43.12%  of all excluded students have a high school GPA of 3.00 - 4.00.  This study proposes using these students as a target group for exclusion research.  By targeting this group, we may efficiently and effectively increase the retention rate.


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academic policy, exclusion, higher education, mental health

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