A myriad of problems has arisen from the open door'' policy many institutions are pursuing. Not the least of these is the increasing presence of many high risk'' or academically disadvantaged'' students in classes where they are not adequately prepared to do college work. This article seeks to present an innovative approach to the problem.…

Results strongly indicate that those Ss who remained within their home environment had more chance of achieving a positive change in mean SCOAA score than those Ss who were removed from their environment. (Author)

Author opts for the treatment of the student as an individual and suggests administrative and faculty responsibility rather than reliance on automated facilities for decision making. (Author/RK)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the characteristics of high risk college students who graduate. High risk students are those students who, when compared with other entering students, do not meet set criteria (test scores, high school rank) but who show some promise of success. (JC)

Results indicated that a person's self-concept (personality), as measured by the Interpersonal Checklist, was only marginally related to both choice of study plan and performance. (Author)

Generally low achievement among blacks was attributed to general patterns of community oppression. Low achievement motives were linked to the caste-like occupational structure, whereas low achievement value orientations were associated with perceptions of opportunities for mobility among blacks. (Author)

The finding of intellectual differences among the subgroups examined demonstrates the importance of scholastic records in studies of attrition. Also, students persisting to graduation have somewhat different personal needs from students of similar ability who choose to withdraw. (Author/CG)

Interest patterns between high ability college freshman women and freshman women in general indicated that high ability women were more interested in legalistic, verbal linguistic, aesthetic, numerical, behavioral, physical, and medical occupations. Others were more interested in business, clerical, health related, religious social, low level…

Groups symptoms, and suggests resources and energy be concentrated on educational and psychological intervention, rather than on causes. (NH)

Most students liked having audio-visual material available for self-instruction and showed progress in learning to analyze, evaluate and apply the knowledge in metallurgy to practical problems. (IR)

Questions radiological physicist Ernest J. Sternglass's theory that links falling Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores in the 1960s and '70s to nuclear weapons testing in the late '40s, the '50s, and early '60s. Notes other scientists' contention that Sternglass's theory only establishes a correlation, not a cause and effect relationship. (JBM)

The academic qualifications of college athletes are discussed, along with the growing criticism of procedures that allow these athletes to be proselytized and used during their college years and then dumped on society without any marketable skills. Extensive vocational counseling is recommended. (MLW)