Akron public schools help students cross the gap from classroom to jobs. (Editor)

A revision of a presentation at the opening session of the Operation Research Workshop, "Orientation to Continuation Education, (July 10, 1967). (Author)

Five hundred and eigty-two Negro students of high school age in Washington, D. C. were asked what kind of whites and Negroes they would be most and least willing to associate with, and also whether they feel the same toward all whites. (JM)

Counselors appear to be valuing" in recommendations they pass on to colleges in what they do and do not include. (Editor)

To improve the education offered freshmen and sophomores, this article advises colleges and universities to separate the lower division into a "general college" sponsored by a staff whose sole responsibility is the lower division student. (IR)

British Columbia's community colleges' university transfer programs provide the opportunity for students to earn credits toward a university degree, but only a small percentage of these students actually transfer to a university. A study of students who complete transfer courses, but do not continue their study, is discussed. (Author/MLW)

Normative data collected on 197 disadvantaged high school dropouts on the dimension of internal-external control indicate this group appears to be external, but not markedly so. A short-term intervention program designed to improve academic and vocational skills did not appear to affect locus of control of 33 subjects. (Author/PN)

An extension of Tinto's model of the college dropout process was tested with freshmen at an Australian university. The college entrance examination was a relatively valid predictor of whether students will pass, achieve honors, or fail or withdraw. Nonintellective factors were not valid predictors of academic progress. (Author/BW)

Some findings from a large study designed to investigate retentivity at age 16 in Australia, and to examine characteristics differentiating those who left school from those who remained are presented. A path diagram for the causal model of the school termination decision is included. (Author/RL)

Several themes relating to the education and employment patterns of female dropouts are examined, especially trends in women's occupations and technological change: adequacy of career education and guidance, problems of women's entry into nontraditional occupations, male attitudes, and policy considerations. (MSE)

Describes a problem-solving instructional unit which utilizes a simulation gaming method to help students in an introductory college-level geography course understand rural community development in a developing nation. (DB)