Many colleges and universities provide grant aid to undergraduates to help them pay for all or part of the tuition and fees charged by the institution. This study provides information about recent trends in institutional aid receipt and then examines the relationship between such aid and the likelihood of recipients staying enrolled in the…

Mental models of metallic bonding held by learners' from three academic levels, secondary school (year-12), undergraduate and postgraduate, were probed using semi-structured interviews including the use of Interview about Events focus card depicting metallic properties and cards containing depictions of models from curriculum material. Learners…

This document presents data on salaries of deans in U.S. undergraduate and graduate nursing programs in 17 tables. Data are based on a 1998 survey of 541 public and private universities and four-year colleges. Introductory information includes definitions of terms used in the survey, Carnegie classification definitions, a description of the survey…

This study explored how adult students define success in college and their perceptions of factors that either support or hinder achievement of this success. Thirteen returning adult students at two institutions were interviewed using a grounded theory approach. Data were analyzed inductively and iteratively to identify persistent themes. Students…

"A disturbing and dangerous mismatch exists between what American society needs of higher education and what it is receiving. Nowhere is the mismatch more dangerous than in the quality of undergraduate preparation provided on many campuses. The American imperative for the 21st century is that society must hold higher education to much higher…

This report compares the borrowing patterns of two cohorts of bachelor's degree recipients and examines their debt burdens (defined as monthly payments as a percentage of monthly salary income) a year after they graduated, using data from the 1993/94 and 2000/01 Baccalaureate and Beyond Studies. The participants in these studies were first…

A description of the process by which a second-level media course was developed for the teacher education program at Iowa State University. (Author)

A student owned and operated industrial organization of college juniors and seniors in technology, business administration, and economics invented, designed, manufactured, and marketed a new product. The concept and program are described and evaluated. (MS)

Discusses the pressures on premedical students and the necessity to increase the time and content flexibility of the medical curriculum to facilitate admission of students with diverse backgrounds. (Editor/PG)

Students' socioeconomic backgrounds may be important in determining their grades in the typical public speaking oriented communications course. (RN)

Discusses the testing of a method of differentiating reticent from non-reticent students, using the FIRO-B measuring instrument. (Author/RN)

Speech delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages (ADFL), December 26, 1969, in Denver, Colorado. ADFL is an affiliate of the Modern Language Association of America. (DS)