Determining Attributes Contributing to Success in Army Civil Schooling (ACS)

摘要

The Army sends several hundred officers to fully-funded graduate schooling known officially as Advanced Civil Schooling (ACS) each academic year and there is a recent emphasis on increasing the number of officers especially junior officers attending ACS. This study used regression analysis to identify attributes contributing to success (as defined by program GPA) in the Army and Defense Comptrollership Program Classes of 1998-2005 at Syracuse University which represent a specialized aspect of ACS where participants follow substantially the same program and earn the same degrees. The study confirmed the validity of the Army's use of several traditional indicators of success (including GMAT score undergraduate GPA and relationship of previous undergraduate and/or graduate work to proposed program) in determining which officers should attend such programs. The study also presented evidence providing support for the Army's plans to send an increasing number of officers to ACS earlier in their careers. Finally the study presented evidence suggesting that family status may impact student performance in certain situations; specifically that differences may exist between the performance of students without families students with families accompanying them to school and students in 'geographic bachelor' status, depending upon the nature and/or intensity of the program.