Dr. John Lounsbury, Professor of Psychology at University of Tennessee, President of Resource Associates, Inc., Fellow of the American Psychological Association, licensed Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, and his team of researchers developed the Transition To College (TTC) as an outgrowth of work on personality assessments for adolescent populations. Based on the Big Five Model of Personality (the dominant paradigm among personality theorists), the TTC Report was developed with input from school administrators, school counselors, and college students themselves.
Where has your work on the TTC Report been published?
Developed by psychologists, the TTC Report represents cutting edge thinking in the field of personality assessment, educational measurement, and career development. Extensive research has demonstrated reliability and validity of the scales. In the past five years, scholarly articles based on the TTC Report scales have appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as:
Journal of College Student Development
Personality and Individual Differences
Psychoeducational Assessment
Research in Higher Education
Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Identity
Learning and Individual Differences
Journal of Community Psychology
Measurement and Evaluation in College Counseling
Child & Youth Care Forum
What did you find in your research?
The personality dimensions in the TTC Report have shown significant correlations with grade point average, intention to withdraw from school, satisfaction with school/college and life satisfaction.
Our research shows that personality is a fundamental aspect of human behavior and is a strong predictor of success in life...even more than intelligence. Whether you can get along with others, establish good social relationships, work toward goals, adhere to established rules, and manage your emotions have a huge impact on how well you do in life...in school, in your career and in your life satisfaction.
How many students drop out of college?
A surprising number of students never earn their college degree. The statistics below are from several sources.
National College Drop-Out Rates:
Freshman to Sophomore Years
(AM College Testing Program 1999)
Highly Selective Schools 8.4%
Selective Schools 18.3%
Traditional Schools 27.1%
Minority Student Drop-Out Rates by Ability Quartile
(National Institute of Independent Colleges
& Universities 1990)
Completers Departers
Lowest Quartile 17.2% 70.2%
Second Quartile 29.2% 52.2%
Third Quartile 35.1% 54.8%
Highest Quartile 26.2% 61.3%
Traditional Schools 27.1% 18.3%
National Graduation Rates
(AM College Testing Program 1999)
Highly Selective Schools 75.7%
Selective Schools 61.8%
Traditional Schools 52.8%
National Graduation Rates (Tinto, 1993)
45% of freshman will never earn a college degree
60% of students will leave their first institution of enrollment
How many students lose their scholarships?
70% of students on "lottery" scholarships lose them by the end of their freshman year.
