Purpose: As young people are seeking degrees that will help them with employment and as universities seek ways to increase enrollment and retention, the emphasis of the value of higher education has emerged as an important aspect in achieving these goals. The focus of this particular study, where a paucity currently exists, was to examine the…

In recent years, schools have tended to eliminate recess period and to devote more time to instruction in order to increase academic achievement. Using a nationally representative sample, this study examined reading scores of students who experienced different numbers of recess days in a week, and different number of times and length of recess in…

Thirteen groups of 11-19 year old boys, stratified by age, race, socio-economic class, and attendance of racially segregated or integrated schools served as subjects (N=185). Measures of the relative importance of the past, present, and future were derived from a story completion and story productions. Attitudes toward the three time divisions…