The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of an academic support program on students who had been terminated from Eastern Kentucky University because of academic failure. Specifically it: (1) investigates the effect of improvement in reading comprehension, vocabulary and rate on grade point achievement after students participated in a…

Recognizing that voluntary withdrawal from college is inextricably associated with achievement needs, this study used achievement motivation theory to examine: (1) whether women function differently from men in achievement-oriented situations; (2) whether they differ in their reasons for leaving college; and (3) whether achievement level, as…

Student retention in Adult Basic Education (ABE) programs is the focus of this monograph. The means for solving the dropout problem in ABE programs are discussed from the answers to questions of why students enroll in ABE, what basic needs should be considered early in an ABE program, what procedures should be followed in orienting new students,…

This document reports on recent trends in graduate school survival. Data were obtained from a national study of 1950-1953 post-master's students; a recent pilot project in attrition conducted at the University of California, Berkeley; and on trend data in doctoral attrition provided by the Graduate Division at Berkeley. Emphasis is placed on the…

The thesis that low grades cause college students to give up receives some support from early psychological research and from current reinforcement theories. This study investigates the effects on subsequent grades of low, average, and high first-exam grades for 192 students in a traditional grading system and 52 students in a pass-fail grading…

The 1968 booklet, a report by the National Advisory Committee on Mexican American Education, contains a brief description of the problems facing more than 5 million Mexican Americans in our society. According to the report, the failure of education has been the failure to recognize the needs of Mexican American students; this is evidenced by their…

Nor Cal Phase III was the experimental portion of the 3-year attrition study. The general purpose of the study was to design and test treatments aimed at reducing attrition among first-time freshmen entering community colleges. Twenty-eight colleges (22 in Northern California, five in Southern California and one out-of-state) were involved in…

The problem of decreasing enrollment among Senior 4-H Youth in Bradley County, Tennessee was studied. Data were collected from 208 ninth and tenth grade home economics classes. The data were classified into two groups: (1) girls who were 4-H club members at the time of the interview, and (2) girls who had been but were not in 4-H in 1970. The…

In an effort to examine the variables contributing to academic persistence, 1,691 St. Petersburg (Florida) Junior College (SPJC) students (960 male and 731 female) were tested two years after their initial enrollment. Ten cognitive variables and 15 non-cognitive variables were examined to determine their relationship to persistence, defined as the…

THE STUDY WAS MADE TO ASSESS THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF THE VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL SCHOOL AS AN AREA RESOURCE. A FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSIS WAS SET UP WHICH TREATED VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AS AN INVESTMENT WHICH COMPETES FOR COMMUNITY FUNDS. DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS WERE MADE OF SUCH INFLUENTIAL FACTORS AS (1) KINDS OF COSTS AND BENEFITS WHICH ACCOMPANY ANY LOCAL…

Drawing on a year long ethnographic study of a middle sized university community, this paper views entry into the counter culture as a process of self-transformation bearing similarity to therapeutic practices; major personal change strategies involve desocialization from conventional culture and from major social institutions--thus affording…

Changes due to the 1970 census figures and new Census Bureau methodology have caused new requirements for central cities, revised integration criteria, and consolidation of some metropolitan areas. (ND)

After identifying the characteristics of students who are likely to drop out, the authors introduced several techniques to help the students. (Author/MLF)

A training packet of materials to train the trainer in rural development includes texts, teacher's guide, and learning aids designed for a class of 25 and aimed at: understanding rural development; finding the best approaches; defining community problems and setting priorities; locating resources; developing and implementing action programs; and…

This article describes a program that offers pregnant schoolgirls a comprehensive educational and health program. (JD)