Although Hispanic population is growing rapidly, Latino students earn fewer STEM degrees than their peers. Therefore, it is mandatory to implement strategies that improve STEM retention and graduation rates for Hispanic students. There is little research about the ways in which multicampus collaborative CUREs combined with additional academic…

A Q-SORT WAS USED TO MEASURE ATTITUDINAL CHANGE BROUGHT ABOUT BY FAMILY GROUP CONSULTATION. NINE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THREE FAMILIES WERE GIVEN THE Q-SORT AT THE BEGINNING OF COUNSELING AND AGAIN 8 WEEKS LATER. THESE TWO SORTS ASKED THE FAMILY GROUP MEMBERS TO RATE THEIR IDEAL SELF AND THEIR PERCEIVED SELF. THESE RATINGS WERE CORRELATED WITH AN INDEX…

A matched subject design was employed to assess the effectiveness of an experimental program in Transactional Analysis (TA) for the improvement of the self-image and interpersonal relations of adolescent boys (N=10) on probation. (Author)

The studies sought to determine if changes that would influence women's life styles could occur by providing a supportive learning environment, rather than through traditional individual or group counseling. Results suggest that the two programs did affect certain vocational and psychological attitudes. (Author)

The Institute for Developmental Studies (IDS) is engaged in research aimed at specifying what the academic handicaps of deprived children are, what causes these handicaps, and what can be done to overcome them. This IDS report on their research and evaluation program is divided into two sections. The first, "Summaries of Basic Research, Applied…

A quasi-experimental field research project was carried out in twenty intact classrooms in eight different schools in the central area of the upper peninsula of Michigan across two semesters. Five hundred and twenty-two public school students participated in a static-group comparison research project, designed to effect changes in student sex role…