Findings of in-depth interviews with ten delinquent girls in Hawaii are presented and analyzed in this report. The girls interviewed were participants in a short-term residential treatment program or students at an alternative school for boys and girls who have been adjudicated and who have had school difficulties. Following a brief introduction,…

This report on the high proportion (25 percent) of California high school students who drop out is divided into five major sections. The first discusses the historical shifts in reform efforts to address, alternately, "relevance" and "excellence." It finds that high school students are now more bored and apathetic than…

This chapter reports 1982 cases involving tort claims within the school context. Torts are seen here as separate independent civil causes of action that define a particular level of conduct that the law recognizes individuals owe one another. This chapter discusses negligence, the most common tort, at greatest length, analyzing cases involving…

This study developed an index of communal school organization and used this measure to focus on specific features of high schools as social organizations. The philosphical and social perspectives of the school as a community are explored, focusing on the school as a social organization consisting of cooperative adults who share a common purpose…

A longitudinal study of 2,378 secondary school students from 26 schools in Australia's Victoria State provided data clarifying the nature, extent, causes, and consequences of truancy. School records, a survey of the principals of 501 secondary schools, and records of the criminal justice system provided additional data. The longitudinal study…

A summary and critique is presented on research of effective schools, based primarily on a review of the reviews written about that work. It is pointed out that the majority of research findings came from studies of elementary schools and focused upon the characteristics of effective schools for minority and poor students. Most research reviewed…

This study centers on the difficulties experienced by many students in making the transition from secondary school to university. The experimental program involved assigning incoming freshmen to small groups led by upperclass honors students. The groups met at least once weekly, with the senior student acting as resource person to encourage the…

Most analyses of the effectiveness of educational systems or technologies report results in terms of the impact of educational resources on educational outputs, with virtually no attention to the decisions the student may make or the time the student takes to learn the course content. Focusing on the student as an important decision-maker leads to…

These guidelines represent the partial completion of the first phase of a three-phase comprehensive study of discipline in the schools of Pennsylvania. In preparing this document, the state Task Force on Student Responsibility and Discipline attempted to present a practical, reasoned approach to the complex issue of student conduct and to provide…

Results of two studies use an instrument, Youth Research Survey, to measure the effectiveness of religious education in the lives of students and its relationship to their psychological development. (Author/ND)

The organizational characteristics of schools can be extremely important influences on student behavior, and student behavior problems can be reduced through organizational change. Organizations can be held to consist of objectives, processes for achieving those objectives, and structures for carrying out those processes. The term…

General information on pharmacy education according to specific admission requirements, selection factors, and educational cost are provided for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Each school reported on the following areas: general information about its pharmacy program, curriculum, requirements for admission, selection factors, advanced…

As part of a longitudinal study of fall 1975 entering students at Hawaii community colleges, this report focuses on the 750 students from that class who graduated during 1977-78. Findings in this report are presented for the community college total and by program for the 436 (58%) who responded to the survey. Approximately 88% of these respondents…

Effective curriculum development and implementation may be achieved by considering the multidimensional nature of the term "curriculum." A definition of curriculum should be considered in terms of its expressed, implied, and emergent dimensions. The expressed dimension is the written statement of learning objectives, sequence of contents, learning…