We analyze the labor supply decision of married women, husband present, qualified to teach school. We are especially concerned with how the ages of children in the family affect the wife's supply of labor over time. We develop a utility-maximizing model of the household where household utility (a function of total consumption, leisure of the…

Report 2 demonstrates the extreme diversity of the new students who enrolled in the California Community Colleges in the Fall of 1972. One-third of the group graduated from high school that same year, usually from a high school in the college district, but two-thirds were distributed over a wide range of ages, amounts of prior college experience,…

Factors that differentiate between first-year teachers who remain for a second year and those who resign after 1 year of employment with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) schools were investigated in this 1969-70 study of BIA teachers working from the BIA area office in Gallup, New Mexico (n=78), and Aberdeen, South Dakota (n=49). Data were…

The data presented in this report supplements that contained in Report 6 of this series of reports on a longitudinal study of student progress in Hawaii community colleges. Among the findings reported in this study are: (1) continuation rates for new and transfer students at the fourth semester were 42% and 31% respectively with a higher rate…

After a methodological critique of attrition-related research, factors associated with attrition in higher education are outlined. They include demographic, academic, motivational, personality, college environmental, financial, and health factors. Student reports of reasons for dropping out, the withdrawal procedure, and programs for dropout…

The influence of previous college involvement, organizational characteristics, early career experiences, and current self-concept on the intention of college dropouts to resume their college education is examined. (Author/MLW)

Colleges and universities are increasingly committed to achieving enrollment stability through raising student retention rates. The student retention model is designed to guide institutions toward enhancing both involvement and institutional fit for as many students as feasible, thereby increasing student retention. (MLW)

The authors briefly review a longitudinal study of home economics educators and describe the first phase of the study, which began during preservice teacher education. The study used questionnaires from 45 students to determine views concerning home economics education both as a field of study and as a potential career. (CH)

Learning-disabled students entering college may be uncomfortable about their abilities and disabilities and establish an "avoidance pattern" toward participation in class. Effective interventions combine support with realistic explanations of learning strengths and weakness, and include counseling, organizations supporting learning-disabled…

Examined whether or not participation in a college discovery program was useful in the retention or attrition of educationally underprepared Black freshmen (N=137). Found the role of the counselor and the scope of counseling services during the freshman year to be of primary importance in the retention of educationally underprepared Black college…

The relationship of Scholastic Aptitude Test scores and noncognitive variables to academic success (Grade Point Average and persistence) over 4 years was examined for Black university students and compared to that of White students. (Author)

Key factors affecting academic success among American Indian college students in a large state university were examined. Academic preparation indicated by ACT composite score and high school GPA proved highly relevant. Degree of cultural assimilation was also strongly related. Psychological, social, and political dimensions of assimilation are…

Explores the effect of course relevancy and goal clarity, in concert with psychosocial variables, upon persistence/dropout. The interaction of scholastic ability and course relevancy added to the discrimination of persisters and dropouts. A self-confidence and ideal self discrepancy variable was also shown to be a good discriminator of persistence…

Presents a theoretical analysis of the nature of the relationship between job satisfacation and job tenure and performance and makes recommendations for good industrial relationship between the Nigerian government and its teacher employees. Teachers' unions should pressure teachers to be productive and government to reward productivity. (JAC)

A study of persistence/dropout among open admissions college students found: (1) accurate predictions cannot be made for individual students at the time of matriculation; and (2) it is possible to predict that about 80 percent of future groups will fall in the persist category after two semesters, 51 percent after four semesters. (CMG)