TO ISOLATE FACTORS RELATED TO EARLY SCHOOL LEAVING, DATA WAS OBTAINED ON ALL TWELFTH, EIGHTH, AND FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS IN THE SPOKANE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. ANALYZED WERE--(1) PERSONAL VARIABLES WITHIN THE SCHOOL SITUATION IN THE TWELFTH GRADE, (2) FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH DROPOUTS IN THE EIGHTH GRADE, AND (3) CHARACTERISTICS OF FOURTH GRADE PUPILS IN…

TO ENCOURAGE A STUDENT ACTIVITIES PROGRAM AT HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZED A FEE TO FINANCE THE PROGRAM AND GRANTED RENT-FREE USE OF COLLEGE FACILITIES. POLICIES CONCERNING THE PROGRAM WERE ADOPTED--(1) POSSESSION OR CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES OR NARCOTICS, (2) REQUIREMENTS FOR RECOGNITION AND…

THIS BOOKLET, ONE OF A SERIES, HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FOR THE PROJECT, A PROGRAM FOR MATHEMATICALLY UNDERDEVELOPED PUPILS. A PROJECT TEAM, INCLUDING INSERVICE TEACHERS, IS BEING USED TO WRITE AND DEVELOP THE MATERIALS FOR THIS PROGRAM. THE MATERIALS DEVELOPED IN THIS BOOKLET INCLUDE SUCH CONCEPTS AS (1) VARIOUS UNITS OF MEASURE, (2) FINDING AREAS OF…

THIS BOOKLET, ONE OF A SERIES, HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FOR THE PROJECT, A PROGRAM FOR MATHEMATICALLY UNDERDEVELOPED PUPILS. A PROJECT TEAM, INCLUDING INSERVICE TEACHERS, IS BEING USED TO WRITE AND DEVELOP THE MATERIALS FOR THIS PROGRAM. THE MATERIALS DEVELOPED IN THIS BOOKLET INCLUDE (1) NUMBER RELATIONSHIPS, (2) EQUIVALENT FRACTIONS, (3) ADDITION AND…

This report presents a system-by-system listing of extra pay for athletic and nonathletic extracurricular teacher activities. The data is drawn from the information supplied in connection with the Educational Research Service "National Survey of Salaries and Wages in Public Schools, 1974-75." Table 1 shows the number of school systems reporting…

This study considered whether occupational groups can be discriminated by unique patterns of antecedent characteristics of an academic and non-academic nature. Statistical materials about family background, educational status at matriculation, and in-college data were assembled and coded on quantitative scales for 3 groups of Yale graduates: (1)…

Within the context of college union programs, the recreational games of bowling, billiards, table tennis, and some table games are discussed, including their history, facilities, and operation. Specific duties and responsibilities of the Recreation Area Manager are outlined, as are counter personnel and procedures, and maintenance personnel and…

Growing internal tensions within the San Francisco State College erupted into what may have been the most complex, many-faceted struggle of college upheavals in 1969. Underlying the College's campus disturbances are the rising aspirations of students for experientially-oriented college programs, the surge of minority efforts to gain wide access to…

A generalization of the moderated regression system was applied to obtain information concerning the interactions between groups of high school students and their attributes when predicting a criterion of success within a curriculum. Groups whose success within a curriculum exceeds that expected from the normal prediction equations, were…

During spring 1969, 46 per cent of the students at Harrisburg Area Community College (Pennsylvania) completed questionnaires relating to their personal characteristics (age, background, etc.), educational goals, and personal concerns. The data were examined to provide a general impression of the student body and to compare various student…

This paper analyzes the nature of the student activity in this century and analyzes or predicts the character this activity might take. Four patterns of student activity are reviewed: (1) student union pattern, (2) the special interest group/confrontation pattern, (3) the neo-governmental pattern, and (4) the independence pattern. Emphasis is…

To incorporate many of the suggestions of the authors of community college student activities studies, it is necessary to investigate and determine the characteristics, needs, and desires of community college students. A 15 per cent sample of the student population at Johnson County Community College (Kansas) was surveyed by an instrument…

A computer club can provide a group of high school students with an opportunity to satisfy their curiosity about computers and computer programing. This guide offers suggestions for organizing and running such a club. The objectives of a computer club and the duties of the club's sponsor are outlined. Some activities for the first few meetings are…

The purpose of this study was to investigate nonintellectual variables (personality, attitude, etc.) that may be related to the academic performance of black students at the University of Maryland. Black and white samples were drawn from the 1968 freshmen class, and two personality measures were used: the California Psychological Inventory (CPI),…

A random sample of 1,109 secondary schools in the 13 southern states was chosen for this questionnaire survey. Each school received a principal's questionnaire and a speech teacher's questionnaire. A total of 889 usable questionnaires (40%) was returned. Results from the survey indicate the extent and nature of speech courses, teacher…