Examined correlation between the variables of age, sex, high school class rank, Scholastic Aptitude Test scores, family status, academic major, and out-of-class activities and the persistence of Black students at a predominantly White university. Found Black students' family status, sex, and academic major were factors affecting nonpersistence.…

The article examines burnout among teachers of the gifted including problems resulting from burnout such as absence, lower productivity, and loss of quality teachers. Among solutions proposed are support systems at several levels, time management, and education/communication with persons outside the program. (Author/DB)

Explains the strategic importance of student retention programs and why they are often overlooked in favor of efforts to recruit new students. Presents a program for retraining different groups of students, based on applications of marketing techniques in higher education. (Author/ABB)

The history and status of research on college student attrition are reviewed, and research design and measurement deficiencies that have reduced the accuracy or usefulness of results or hindered appropriate policy formation are discussed. (MSE)

This paper reports teacher survival rates in the St. Louis metropolitan area and updates a similar 1978 study by the authors. High dropout rates continue to exist in the beginning years of teaching for each entering cohort. Implications for teacher effectiveness, salaries, and future demand for new teachers are discussed. (Author/BS)

Examined the relationship between selected independent variables and graduation from college five years after students (N=1,943) first matriculated. Results showed that the variables accounted for less than six percent of the variability in the graduate/nongraduate criterion with high school rank being the best individual predictor. (Author/LLL)

Two-hundred-fifty fifth graders participated in this study of the effects of evaluation condition and task difficulty on motivation to return to an initial task. The significant effect for difficulty level resulted from the interaction of difficulty level with evaluation condition. Implications for classroom practice are discussed. (Author/MT)

In 1977, Jefferson Community College of the University of Kentucky faced an 11 percent drop in enrollment. Strategies that were successful in reversing declining enrollment and in developing faculty and staff involvement in a creative problem-solving process are described. (Author/MLW)

A survey of Wisconsin school districts showed that teacher resignation rates were quite low. Smaller districts faced the highest number of resignations. Resigning teachers tended to be rated by their supervisors as above average. The study results suggest that fears of "teacher flight" may be exaggerated. (PGD)

Secondary students read and discuss Richard Sever's book "Lisa H." (Harper and Row, 1985), the story of how a young girl suffering from a genetic disorder that severely disfigured her face and head draws on inner resources to meet the challenge of life. Discussion questions and student activities are suggested. (RM)

This investigation attempted to have parents express what they wanted children to get out of school and what they perceived to be the purpose of education as part of a study of low-income parents perceptions of the impact of social class on schooling. Thirty-five subjects from 30 households were interviewed. (MT)

Analyzes applicants (N=94) to the Franciscan Order between 1978 and 1982 regarding the accuracy of test scores in predicting successful job performance, perseverance, and emotional adjustment. Results supported the application of psychometric evaluation and multiple regression procedures to a personnel decision-making process within the context of…

"Policy Alert" is a publication series that summarizes important policy findings affecting the future of higher education. This issue looks at the benefits of increasing a state's "educational capital," and highlights four key transition points of the "educational pipeline" marking students' progress from high school to completion of a college…

In May 2005, the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office provided the Commission with enrollment and degree data that identifies individual students. The data was provided in accordance with AB 1570, which authorizes the Commission to use a student identifier in its data…

"Transformational Professional Learning" is a periodically published e-newsletter designed to influence what educational leaders think, say, and do to improve teaching and learning by promoting deep understanding of important issues, the transformation of beliefs and assumptions, and a stream of powerful goal-focused actions. There are two…