This study examined faculty attitudes toward doctoral persistence, using open-ended interviews with 40 faculty in 6 disciplines at a Carnegie Classification Research I university. It found that the overriding theme that emerged from the interviews was the investment of time and energy with doctoral students. The majority of faculty reported that…

Graduate schools have responded to the problem of graduate student attrition by placing greater emphasis on selection, assuming that better, more informed admission decisions would result in declining attrition. Yet the problem persists, and the question arises as to whether attrition is due to individual characteristics of graduate students or to…

A path analytic study examined the effects of career decision-making self-efficacy on the retention of underprepared adults in postsecondary education. The initial sample consisted of 418 underprepared students enrolled in the developmental education unit of a large midwestern urban university who had been subjects of a 1991 study and who…

This handbook is intended to be a resource for graduate and professional schools in their efforts to increase minority student representation in their programs. The information is based on analysis of published materials; consultation with knowledgeable individuals, schools, educational organizations, and professional groups concerned with…

The TFS (Teacher Followup Survey is a survey of elementary and secondary school teachers who participated in the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) Teacher Questionnaire and is conducted in the school year following the SASS data collection. The sample for the 1994-95 TFS was selected from the 7,200 teachers who participated in the 1993-94 SASS;…

This report describes the outcomes of a one-year federally funded pilot study of 14 students with low vision or blindness (grades 3-6) and 13 teachers. The study was designed to generate practical classroom assessment procedures for measuring "learned helplessness" and recommendations for a conceptual intervention model for use in the classroom.…

This study applied survival analysis methodology to faculty retention data in order to examine ways to measure faculty retention and determine whether men and women have different "survival times." The study at a selective, private liberal arts college first used college catalogs to identify 339 full-time tenure-track faculty who had…

Building an appreciation and respect for others is an important educational goal in an increasingly global society. Several methods can be used to promote these goals such as cross cultural teacher training and hiring culturally diverse teachers. Cultural competency can help both mainstreamed and culturally diverse students, and role modeling is…

This study evaluated the stated and real goals of the freshman seminar course at Mount Vernon Nazarene College in Mount Vernon, Ohio. The stated goals for the course, as presented to parents and prospective students, were the enhancement of study skills, strategies for improving grades, and students' overall survival of the college experience,…

This report examines results of strategic planning components of three studies which investigated special education teacher retention and attrition. Introductory information enumerates the strategic planning process. The next section highlights similarities and differences among the three strategic planning models that were implemented. The models…

This paper reports on a study investigating the issues that most significantly influence urban special education teachers' decisions to leave the field voluntarily or transfer to a different type of educational position. First, it presents the results of post-attrition interviews with 17 special educators who left their positions during or…

At Evergreen Valley College (EVC) and San Jose City College (SJCC), there are five levels of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction below Transfer Level English (English 1A). A student cannot graduate until English 1A has been completed successfully. A study was conducted to determine the number and percentage of ESL students who began at…

The mission of the ENLACE Program at Evergreen Valley College and San Jose City College is to increase the educational success, retention, and transfer rates of Chicano/Latino students. Now in its tenth year, ENLACE is an academic program emphasizing the successful completion of the cognitive core areas of general/transfer education. The program…

San Jose City College's ADELANTE Program is a year-long program that seeks to engender a social, cultural, and political consciousness to increase pride in Latino identity, and commitment to endeavors contributing to lifelong success. The program is committed to increasing the recruitment, retention, and graduation and transfer rates of Latino…

This work explores theoretical and methodological issues related to the study of children and families in general, and to stress-coping phenomena from the child's perspective in particular. It challenges traditional deference to adult assessment by drawing data from both parents and children, revealing significant contrasts between the two.…