This document describes women college students' perceptions of their experiences as student assistants (SAs) in a writing/reading/study skills center. To examine changes in the student assistants' perceptions of their growth, investigators compared two samples of their writing: reflective essays written before the SAs attended orientation or…

At Kirkwood Community College (KCC), student paraprofessionals are used in a variety of ways. They are employed in the Learning Resources Center; in the production of graphic materials; in microwave, instructional fixed service, and cable broadcasting; in dial-access videotape distribution; and in television control rooms. In addition, KCC engages…

This monograph provides a contextual statement and an introduction to some data from a study of high school students and their employment. The small amount of interpretive comment introduces the 31 tables and calls attention to specific data of particular significance. Data (presented in percentages) come from a survey of all (2056) junior and…

DATA RELATING TO THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONAL POPULATION AGED 14 TO 24 WERE DERIVED FROM SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONS TO THE OCTOBER 1966 MONTHLY SURVEY OF THE LABOR FORCE. THE GROWTH OF THE LABOR FORCE IN THIS AGE GROUP OVER THE PERIOD 1960 TO 1967 HAS BEEN MATCHED BY A GROWTH OF THE SAME MAGNITUDE IN EMPLOYMENT, 3.3 MILLION, SO THAT THE NUMBER OF…

This study was conducted to determine the effects of gainful employment on the academic performance of full-time community college students. A measurement called activity units was created. One hour of academic credit equals three activity units on the basis of one hour in class and two hours of preparation. An hour of gainful employment equals…

A description is given of all phases of the 1971-72 Job Placement Program at Middlexes County College, Edison, New Jersey. Primary emphasis is given to the program phase known as "Employment Preparation" which provided senior job seekers with specific job-search preparation prior to the Spring 1972 On-Campus Recruitment program in which…

Five of 14 junior colleges in Pennsylvania that have implemented programs of packaged financial assistance to students were studied to examine the effects of the aid in promoting academic persistence and achievement. Four groups of students were studied: aid recipients and non-recipients who earned less than $100.00 from part-time work during the…

This is an abstract bibliography of selected publications and studies related to the theory and practice of student financial aid in post-secondary education, produced in the United States during the years 1972 through June 1975. Abstracts are grouped under five major headings and three sub-headings: (1) publications related to broad student…

The gap between the rich and the poor is widening among college students. Colleges no longer serve as a force for upward mobility, but rather accentuate existing socioeconomic differences. Conservative student activists will be working on the presidential campaign; leftists will focus on campus issues. (MLW)

A survey of 127 high school special education teachers revealed a number of deficiencies in vocational programming for mildly handicapped students, with deficiencies more widespread for rural than for nonrural schools. Fewer rural schools administered interest inventories, used inventory results for placement, or placed mildly handicapped students…

Administered questionnaires to 4,317 high school students to assess impact on adolescents of recessionary economic conditions. Results from subsample of 1,897 students with paying, part-time jobs revealed that older students worked more hours than did younger students, and adolescents with higher grade point averages or high family socioeconomic…

Research results that showed that high school employment may foster high school achievement is explained by a congruence hypothesis, which holds that there is a correspondence between the personality traits promoted and rewarded by employers and those traits promoted and rewarded by teachers. (Author/RM)

As Minnesota's state population changes, the undergraduate student population is also changing. This report is designed to present information about the characteristics of undergraduates who attend post-secondary institutions in Minnesota, based on data from a 2004 national survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Education. The report provides…

The potential positive and negative effects of early work experience on adolescent well-being and educational attainment have been explored from developmental and zero-sum perspectives, respectively. However, both models assume that schooling is the normative experience and primary responsibility of adolescents, an assumption that may not be valid…