Statistically significant relationships were found between dropping out and occupation and between dropping out and the accuracy of the SVIB. Such relationships may influence results of follow-up studies on the validity of the SVIB. (Author)

Histories of ear disease, otoscopic examinations, and audiologic, intelligence, and achievement tests were obtained from a cohort of 489 Alaskan Eskimo children, followed through the first 10 years of life, to determine whether otitis media (middle ear inflammation) deleteriously affected intellectual functioning and achievement in school.…

A reliable criterion system was developed for responses to a follow-up questionnaire and precounseling goal check list to appraise the effects of counseling. (Author)

After attending a rural compensatory preschool for 5 half days a week over 1 year, Australian aboriginal and white disadvantaged children, 5 to 6 years of age, showed substantial gains on tests of vocabulary, auditory association, grammtic closure, and operational thinking, and were later assessed in a followup study. (Author/MC)

A follow-up study was conducted to determine the outcome of 254 referrals made by 47 school psychologists in New York and New Jersey. Evaluation of referral outcome was determined in light of the reason prompting the referral recommendation. (Author)

Discussed the usage of the health facilities at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia with an analysis of the different kinds of students, who visited the clinic. (RK)

Presents statistical evidence on campus practices on smoking and current campus policies on smoking, and makes recommendations concerning the rights of the nonsmoker. (Author/RK)

This study of pregnant students was intended to improve services to the students, and to develop a more effective program for preventing unwanted pregnancies and the residual problems that accompany a lack of contraceptive awareness. (Author/RK)

This report describes the study, its findings relative to recidivism and school withdrawal, the implications of the findings for planning preventive intervention services, and the implications of the findings for further research. (Author)

A follow-up study revealed that former students were performing as well on the job as fellow employees who had more experience but no formal training. (Editor/SB)