The study reported here involved a search of non-academic variables to identify correlates of grades in an attempt to better predict academic success for black students; all subjects were black freshmen entering the University of Maryland in September, 1968. (Author/JM)

The attitude assessment model presented here is intended to be an improvement over methods traditionally used to study attitudes. It takes into account findings by Astin (1969) and Berkowitz (1968), calling for a model expressing the covert behavior of a subject in terms equivalent to those used to anticipate overt behavior. This paper presents…

Six motivational items from the North Carolina Central University freshman survey were investigated as possible predictors in the undergraduate admission equation. Equations were computed using data from 1976 to 1978, employing a double cross-validation design. A scale combining the six motivational questions was used in the equation along with…

Two studies are combined with an introductory section: one is "Persistence to Graduation for Freshmen Entering the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1967-75," by Timothy Sanford, and the second is "Freshman, Transfer, Professional, Masters, and Doctoral Student Retention at the University of North Carolina at Chapel…