Describes a study of urban community college students who were incoming day students in fall 1979 and no longer enrolled in spring 1981. Focuses on number of semesters enrolled; major; certainty of career goals; mode of, reasons for, and activities after withdrawal; immediate plans; and quality of college experience. Offers recommendations to…

A study applied path analysis methods, using new techniques of causal analysis, to the problem of predicting the achievement, dropout rate, and satisfaction of university students. Besides providing explanations, the technique indicates possible remedial measures. (MSE)

A study sought to identify, within the context of Indonesia, broad indicators of institutional effectiveness and efficiency felt to be important by the faculty surveyed, and assess whether these indicators reflect the characteristics of the institutions employing them. Seven criteria for such indicators are outlined, each addressing a different…

First-year medical students participating in a psychiatry elective course experienced both a smaller decrease in satisfaction with school and student-faculty relationships and less loneliness than nonparticipants during the study period. Sex differences in the results are noted. (MSE)

The More Academically Able (MAA) class for students at the fourth to sixth grade levels of elementary school with I.Q.s higher than 120 had a significantly positive influence on its participants. Fifteen of the students involved were given a retrospective survey evaluating the program. The results showed the program as being beneficial.…

Background and attitudes of racquetball players and runners were studied in an attempt to isolate factors that predispose adults to physical activity as a form of leisure. Subjects were also asked about their interests in sports, self-perception of athletic ability, and work-leisure orientation. (PP)

Reports on an evaluation of the University of North Carolina's Master of Science in Nursing program, which determined and contrasted graduates' and their employers' perceptions of the program; graduates' participation in professional associations; and graduates' further education plans. Both graduates (N=24) and their employers (N=17) rated the…

Presents a model measuring counseling effectiveness. Discusses representative client, agency, and counselor factors, identifies subfactors, and gives suggestions for measuring each. Suggests many of the client-oriented factors can be assessed through self-report, data for which can be elicited via a detailed questionnaire similar to the one in the…

Survey data indicates that neither marital status nor marital happiness is related to anomia. Suggests a moderately strong negative relationship exists between education and anomia with a weak negative relationship between overall life satisfaction and anomia. Results indicate socioeconomic status remains the primary determinant of anomia for most…

Reports the findings of a study that collected data from 14 college and high school faculty in a self-instructional teaching analysis program: their perceptions of the usefulness of the approach, the materials used, and the time required to administer the program compared with similar services from a specialist. (Author/JD)

The two forms were equivalent. There was no difference between subjects' overall preference for one form or the other. However, women and students with higher grades tended to prefer the board. (Author/JAC)

Presents excerpts from a book written by students in 1938 who attended University High School, a laboratory school at Ohio State University. Provides background information about the school, curriculum information, teacher evaluations and overall evaluations of the educational experience. Points up advantages and disadvantages of the experimental…

What is needed by a given group approaching termination will be determined by the uniqueness of the group. The group counselor is encouraged to rely on sensitivity and creativity in determining how to help a group cope with ending the group counseling relationship. (Author)

Forty-eight quantifiable and two qualitative dependent measures were used to measure participants' perceptions of a mental health care course, specifically: knowledge, attitudes, and clinical behavior as reflected in work environment, ward atmosphere, and ward status. The course positively influenced only nine variables. (Author/CP)

Examines differences in educational satisfaction among Black and White male students in postsecondary institutions. Variables used to study these differences were high school ability, expectations, self-esteem, school and program type, and postsecondary grades. (Author/DB)