Effects of Individualized and Structured College Curricula on Students' Performance and Satisfaction

The present study compared the effects of individualized and structured curricula on the academic performance and follow-up satisfaction of 428 students who applied for admission to an individualized degree program at a large midwestern institution. Results of this randomized experiment indicated that the two groups were indistinguishable in persistence, graduation rate, academic success, and overall course selection patterns, but that they differed significantly in their evaluation at follow-up of their undergraduate education

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