The paper describes the application of Malawi's limited resources in planning and organizing a study program for rural development personnel concentrating on improving their background education and communication skills. (AG)

As the fifth and last survey of fall 1975 entering students in Hawaii community colleges who discontinued their enrollment, this report summarizes questionnaire responses of 159 (48% of sample reporting) students who enrolled through fall 1977 but did not enroll in spring 1978. The survey elicited their reasons for non-continuance, spring 1978…

This report by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Statistics covers youth employment and education, and their interwoven causes and results. Numerous statistical charts and explanatory notes are included. Factors, such as age, race, sex and status, are analyzed. (MML)

Garrett County, Maryland volunteered to act as a pre-overseas learning laboratory for AID (Agency for International Development) interns who practiced data collection and planning techniques with the help of local citizenry. (JC)

Critically examines a study of Project Upward Bound by the General Accounting Office, the purpose of which was to determine the effectiveness of Upward Bound programs in preparing disadvantaged students for college, charging that the GAO researchers were insensitive in determining Upward Bound success and criticizing the role of education in…

This five-part report provides a compilation and analysis of data on student completion of courses at Mercer County Community College between summer 1979 and spring 1980. After an executive summary of findings, Part II provides background information on the study, which examined volume measures, such as credit hours, and success indicators, such…

Several studies of attrition from encounter and therapy groups have identified anxiety about self-disclosure as a common cause of early therapy termination. If such anxiety also contributes to attrition from interpersonal skills training groups, then time and funds invested in training mental health paraprofessionals may be lost. The relationship…

A survey was conducted by Cerritos College (CC) to: (1) gather demographic and evaluative data about the students who left CC in spring 1980; (2) compare graduates' and non-graduates' evaluations of instructional and student services; (3) evaluate how well CC prepared its students and how highly students valued these areas of preparation; and (4)…

A study was conducted at Eastfield College, Texas, to assess the impact of remedial reading instruction on the academic achievement of students with reading skill deficiencies. The study involved all students whose basic skills were assessed at Eastfield College and who received academic advisement between April 1978 and August 1978 (N=898). Of…

This monograph is one of 12 that address various topics in the area of CETA/education linkages. They were designed to provide those individuals interested in the development and implementation of CETA/education linkages with information that will serve to enhance the quality of existing programs and facilitate the efficient and effective…

These two parallel reports provide data on course attrition rates in the Maricopa County Community College District for Fall 1978 and Spring 1979. Course attrition rates were calculated by comparing high-point enrollments (which include audits and withdrawals) with end-of-semester enrollments (which do not include audits, drops, withdrawals, or…

In this project report problems with the tutoring program, objectives of the program and strategies employed by the program to deal with the problems are outlined. The school, Boys and Girls High School, its environment, and the program's sponsor, the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, Brooklyn, are described briefly. Results of the…

THE METHODOLOGY USED TO DETERMINE THE DROPOUT RATES FOR DYNAMOD II, A COMPUTERIZED MARKOV-CHAIN MODEL OF STUDENT AND TEACHER FLOWS OVER TIME, IS PRESENTED IN FIVE STEPS--(1) CALCULATING A DROPOUT RATE FOR MALE AND FEMALE ELEMENTARY STUDENTS AND FOR MALE AND FEMALE SECONDARY STUDENTS, (2) CALCULATING AN OVERALL RATE FOR MALES AND AN OVERALL RATE…