Student financial aid grants often fall short of amounts suggested by standard needs analysis systems, creating "unmet need," which some students try to offset with employment earnings. This study indicates that employed aid recipients can often offset unmet need, while nonworking recipients are at a financial disadvantage. Includes five tables,…

Surveyed 152 students to determine which employment interview sign-up method students preferred. Choices were First Come-First Served, Rank-Order, Random Draw, and Bid. Results showed students preferred the Rank-Order System, which had major advantages for the college as well. (JAC)

Survey data from 4,587 high school students indicated that employed students were more likely than unemployed students to have higher grade point averages, be from higher socioeconomic families, or have a parent employed in a higher-status occupation. No relationship was found between parent's education and student's employment. (Author/NRB)

Administered the Career Maturity Inventory to 159 college students. Path anlaysis suggested that career attitudes matured with age and directly affected months employed during college and grade point average and, through the mediation of GPA, affected the occupational level of the students' jobs. (Author/JAC)

From a study of 119 full-time junior college students who were employed (both full- and part-time), it was concluded that there was no clear relationship between number of hours worked by students and their grade point averages. (JDS)

"The Condition of Education" summarizes important developments and trends in education using the latest available data. The report, which is required by law, is an indicator report intended for a general audience of readers who are interested in education. The indicators represent a consensus of professional judgment on the most…

Survey to assist married students in evaluating and budgeting their expenses and income. (IR)

The degree of involvement of 46 graduate students in sponsored research projects was investigated. The projects were administered by three social science and three natural science departments at the College Park campus of the University of Maryland. (MLF)

By using paid telephone callers instead of direct mail appeals, the University of Maryland increased its rate of acquiring new alumni donors 17 times over. An incentive plan was implemented in order to increase the motivation of the student callers. The paid callers use scripts. (MLW)

Although part-time employment often interferes with high school students' academic achievement, careful planning to integrate employment with school involvement can prove to be beneficial to the students' personal development. (LH)

Results from residence hall paraprofessionals and regular students who completed the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and Mooney Problem Check List strongly support the hypothesis that paraprofessionals report significantly more personal problems than regular students. (NRB)

Results indicate that the seminar process provides candidates with the opportunity to learn responsibilities and objectives of residence departments and to indicate their own qualifications. The traditional process provides a better means of staff selection, while the seminar process provides better staff training. (NRB)

The current study sought to determine whether the attitudes and experiences of college student babysitters parallel those of younger sitters. Results imply that by college age babysitting no longer provides an important arena for the development of parenting skills. (Author)

In its annual convention, the National Collegiate Athletic Association approved details of an organizational restructuring, granted athletes the right to work during the academic year, and offered fifth-year eligibility to students unable to compete in their freshman year. More trust was experienced by delegates than in previous years. Students…

High school students in formal work-based mentoring (n=15), informal workplace mentoring (n-24), no mentoring (n=23), or no employment (n-28) were compared. At year's end, formally mentored students believed more strongly in school's relevance to work. Mentored students had higher self-esteem than the unemployed. Those highly satisfied with…