A MESA Project Research Paper Effects of University Characteristics and Academic Regulations on Student Persistence, Degree Completion, and Time to Degree Completion Felice Martinello Brock University MAY 2009 Educational Policy Institute Queen’s University School of Policy Studies Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation Effects of University Characteristic [...] S. Department of Education. Arcidiacono, Peter. 2004. “Ability Sorting and the Returns to College Major,” Journal of Econometrics 121 (1‐2):343‐75. Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT). 2003. CAUT Almanac of Post‐ Secondary Education in Canada. Ottawa: CAUT. Finnie, Ross, and Hanqing Qui. 2009. “The Patterns of Persistence in Post‐Secondary Education in Can [...] Min Max Final withdrawal date as a % of the term 67.92 15.09 38.5 100 (withdrl_date) Refunds given on a per course basis 0.70 0.46 0 1 Dummy variable (per_crs_refund) Refund generosity 31.43 9.36 11 45.5 (refund_gen) Can repeat a passed course 0.73 0.45 0 1 Dummy variable (can_rep_pass) Repeated grade counts in average 0.49 0.50 0 1