Determinates of accounting students’ performance in Kuwait University

Abstract EN

-This paper examines the factors associated with performance of the accounting majors graduated from Kuwait University (KU).

The three factors now in effect which influence admission decisions at KU are secondary school scores, branch of study in secondary school, and nationality.

The advantage of the current admission policy adopted by KU is that it allows the earliest possible point in the academic programat which the screening of those students that should be admitted into the accounting program to take place.

However it is not clear whether improvements in this admission policy are possible if other factors were used (in addition to the three factors currently being used) in predicting subsequent performance and thus for screening students for admission into the accounting program.

Relevant factors that may be associated with performance include the overall grade-point average (GPA) at the end of the Freshman year and at the end of the Sophomore year, as well as grades in specific collegiate accounting courses.

The objective of this study is to assess the ability of some of these factors in conjunction with those currently used by KU to predict the performance of students of accounting majors graduating from KU.