Preliminary to a larger research project on Mexican American attitudes, this report focused on the extent to which feelings of alienation are present in the barrios of 5 eastern New Mexico population centers. The feelings of alienation were analyzed by the degree of powerlessness, normlessness, self-estrangement, and isolation expressed or…

The traditional approach to education and many new alternative approaches have failed to serve the needs of students or to prevent students from dropping out. Aware of the many emerging experiments to keep educational opportunities alive for restless students, the authors propose a complete design, drawing on the resources of local school…

This document summarizes information about attrition, graduation, and graduation with honors at Hollins and other College Research Center (CRC) member colleges; calls attention to the fact that increasing percentages of entering freshmen are saying that the chances of their transferring to another college are "very good"; examines the…

This is a report of students who entered as freshmen in the fall of 1956 and the fall of 1957, and of students enrolled at all undergraduate levels during the 1956-57 academic year at 20 institutions of higher education in the U.S. The report discusses: (1) applications, admissions, and registration; (2) admitted applicants who failed to register…

Recent studies indicate that Adult Basic Education (ABE) programs are reaching more students and the cost per enrolled has declined, but statistics are not available to reveal the quality of the programs. In four states, ABE has made reported, tested differences in adult reading ability. In New York and Missouri, students gained an average of…

Georgia's Coordinated Vocational and Academic Education (CVAE) Program is a statewide program administered with considerable local autonomy in approximately 125 high schools around the state. It serves underachieving students who are potential dropouts, providing them with career education through CVAE classes, interlocking career-related…

The purpose of this study was to identify the factors in attrition over which Southwestern College might exercise some control and through which experimentation could be conducted toward changing the patterns of attrition. Data were gathered from college files on every student who withdrew from one or more classes for the fall 1971 semester. A…

This report is an independent evaluation of the College Adapter Program, a project that provides New York City out-of-school students and selected manpower trainees with a special program on enrichment services as a means of qualifying them for college entrance. The evaluation concluded that the program is successful, analyzes the reasons for its…

This pamphlet lists the occupations discussed in the "Occupational Outlook Handbook" for which a high school education is preferred, but not essential. Occupational information is presented in a three-column format which includes job title, highlights of job qualifications and training, and employment opportunities and trends through 1985.…

A review of a report based upon replies from a questionnaire sent to 78 countries regarding the access of females to education in the context of rural development is presented. Rural conditions, women as agents of development, their accessibility to education, and suggested types of training are discussed. (LH)

Evaluates the achievement, intelligence, and personality characteristics of students in the Street Academy, whose basic goal is to provide educational and education related services to school drop-outs, to increase their employment potential. (Author/AM)

Excerpted here from an address presented to the Indiana Association of Secondary School Principals, this article focuses on how community education programs can help solve some of the crises schools face today as they search for relevancy and meaning. (Editor)

Districts with declining enrollments spent about $200 more per student than the growing districts, had about three fewer students per teacher, averaged about $500 less in average teacher salaries, had a lower dropout rate, and had higher achievement scores. (Author/IRT)

Discusses a survey of the techniques used by 29 engineering colleges to recruit and keep women engineering students. (MLH)

Described are the opportunities for postsecondary education for aurally handicapped students, especially programs at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf and Gallaudet College. (BD)