Literature concerning factors associated with academic performance and withdrawal from college is reviewed separately for North American, United Kingdom, and Australian universities to help illuminate the problem of student withdrawal in Australia. V. Tinto's 1975 research review concerning North American college dropouts is summarized, and…

A study to present a history of the Swarthmore Chautauqua as an adult education enterprise was conducted by investigating documents from many sources previously gathered for a review of the life of the Swarthmore Chautauqua. Several tape-recorded personal interviews were used to add to the documentation, and visits were made to towns where the…

One of 52 theoretical papers on school crime and its relation to poverty, this chapter presents an institutional product theory of school crime, along with related evidence and a preliminary test of the theory. Two theoretical traditions, Albert Cohen's "delinquent subculture" theory and the social psychological "cognitive balance" theory, can…

The purpose of this study was to discover the organizational and personal variables that have prevented some elementary schools from institutionalizing an innovation, Individually Guided Education (IGE). Sample schools were selected from respondents to a Wisconsin Research and Development Center questionnaire. The eight schools studied were among…

The high percentage of students failing State Board Examinations for licensure as registered nurses led to provisional accreditation being placed on the nursing program at Alvin Junior College (Texas). Teaching methodology was investigated as a possible contributor to these failures. A review of the related literature indicated that…

Perceptions of schooling among Chicano students were compared in 1974 with those of whites, blacks, and Asians in San Francisco comprehensive and general high schools. The primary data source was a questionnaire administered to 770 students in 8 schools. Some common beliefs about the educational values of Chicano students and their parents were…

The final evaluation report of the Federally-funded Windham Central Career Education project (July 1, 1973-June 30, 1975) in Townshend, Vermont addresses the status of career education in the Windham Central District, the impact which two years of effort had, and assesses the future of career education in the district. The report provides…

This bulletin is published annually in the interest of children with specific language disabilities, learning disabilities or dyslexia. Articles in this issue deal with "Some Problems of the Ex-Dyslexic,""Hemispheric Specialization and Stages in the Learning-to-Read Process,""The International Scene,""Diagnosis…

Based upon the assumption that the teacher is the single most important factor in the development of reading skills, this volume provides information concerning different aspects of why citizens need to read and how teachers can aid in this process. Included in "why to read" are insights into the multifaceted aspects of communication, the…

Relationships between teachers' knowledge of reading and students' achievement in reading were investigated in a sample of 1,058 students and 62 teachers in grades two, three, and four. Students were pre- and posttested with the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests and the Cognitive Abilities Test. Teachers' knowledge of reading was measured with the…

Fourteen second and third grade children viewed "The Electric Company" television series pilot shows while color slides flashed on a nearby screen competed for their attention. The children's visual attention was monitored and recorded. Bits from the shows were then ranked according to percentage of attention they received, and the…

The performance and career progression of a sample of 20,705 airmen were monitored throughout their initial tour of service. For comparative purposes, this sample was divided into high school graduate and nongraduate groups and further subdivided by Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFOT) mental categories. Points of comparison included:…

The report presents the historical development of legislation designed to redirect the goals of the California employment service. The report focuses on Job Agents, a unique class of civil servants created by legislation in 1968. The general characteristics, attitudes, expectations and morale of Job Agents are described. Job Agents are compared to…

This IRCD Bulletin issue contains two papers. One, by Harold L. Cohen, summarizes two of his previously prepared papers in which he discusses his approach to learning behaviors. He describes the use of reinforcements as motivators for academic and social learning at a Federal correctional institution. Cohen states that "The design and use of…

This study concerned the development and testing of an instrument designed to provide nursing schools with meaningful information about the personalities and potential problems of their students. In Phase I, the instrument--the Luther Hospital Sentence Completions (LHSC)--was constructed along with a Nursing Education Scale (NES) which provided…