Unionization of college and university faculty is one of the few areas of growth in higher education, say these dialogue participants. They discuss whether the institution can survive collective bargaining or whether it can survive without it. (Editor/LBH)

Discusses efforts to determine the future of arid lands using climatic data of the past and present. (MLH)

Improving graduation rates among U.S. elementary and secondary school students requires that one be able to detect which students are at greatest risk for dropping out. There may be a variety of social and psychological differences between those who leave and those who graduate, but there is also evidence that those who abandon school are…

This research was an attempt to produce consistent course-level placement in college mathematics based on a predicted placement score in lieu of an actual placement score. Real data were used to determine the prediction equation and a second simple random sample from the same population was used to cross-validate the results. The consequences of…

This study used M. Ford's (1992) conception of motivation to examine whether the factors that motivate students to achieve function differently for high, medium, and low ability learners in social studies classrooms. Participants were a diverse sample of 600 10th grade world history students. Data sources included student surveys, a…

This study determined whether using ACT Assessment Composite score, high school grade average, or both predictors jointly for college admissions would result in differential prediction or differential outcomes for traditional-aged and nontraditional-aged students. The analyses were based on data from 112,341 students at 79 postsecondary…

Problems with current predictors of success for graduate students (Graduate Record Examinations and grades) include restriction of range artifacts, grade inflation, and the increasing diversity of examinees. A case is made as to why noncognitive variables can add to the validity of selecting graduate students. Legal, moral, ethical, and…

This study examined the relationship between results of the ACT Assessment and the Health Occupations Basic Entrance Test (HOBET) entrance examinations. The purpose of the study was to estimate the validity of the HOBET as a predictor of student success and to compare the two examinations as predictors of grade point average (GPA) for students in…

A study was conducted to determine whether a specific set of factors could be used to predict a student's success in completing an introductory English course in the general education curriculum at a small southern university. The sample included first-time freshmen enrolled during seven semesters (n=942). Variables were: (1) completion of the…

Article considered the ethical ideals in children by investigating the child's description of the ideal person and also that of the wicked person. (Author/RK)

Academic performance of regularly admitted university students (who were arranged in three groups according to average performance on senior matriculation examinations) was compared with that of "mature" students who did not meet regular admission requirements. Despite low results on the College Qualification Test, mature students were second…

(See also TM 501 087, TM 501 089 and TM 501 090.)

Article devoted attention to the effect television has on verbal ability and development and the manner in which television may serve as a model for language usage. Author also outlined some of the limitations imposed on language by television. (Author/RK)

Realizing the need to select success crtieria for use in a longitudinal vocational development study, the authors developed a model which depicted the relationships between several available success criteria. Hopefully, these hypothetical relationships would act as a framework for further research. (DS)