Related a high school district's attempt to reduce absenteeism through use of an autodialing machine. Explains the mechanisms of the system and proposes additional uses for it. Indicates that improved attendance rates occurred after its incorporation. (ML)

Study set out to examine the relative importance of increased population, attendance rates, and structural changes within the educational system as these factors relate to teacher demand. (Author)

It was hypothesized that success as measured by academic achievement, was positively related to the congruence of the students' interests and personality traits with those of their instructions. (Author)

Studied adults who requested outpatient psychotherapy. Questionnaire items concerned the client's situation, past behavior in fulfilling commitments, self-prediction of session attendance, and reaction to the initial interview. A critical response scale proved highly predictive of the number of treatment sessions attended in both initial and…

Presents a study of film attendance at the University of North Carolina which was developed to help university film programers make rational decisions regarding film offerings and to predict attendance at popular films. (JMF)

School attendance of elementary students who had previously been chronically absent improved with home contacts by either the principal or a school secretary. (Editor)

Article investigates the hypotheses that persistent absenteeism is a greater problem in large schools than in small ones, and, as well, that large schools and schools in areas of socioeconomic hardship need to exclude more pupils on disciplinary grounds than small schools or schools in socially privileged areas. (Author/RK)

With proper job placement, a company can take advantage of the older workers' greater stability; their more serious attitude toward work; greater experience, mature judgment, and loyalty; and better attendance and health record. (Author)

Uses national longitudinal data set of 8th-graders to examine 2 potential explanations (returns to schooling and noncognitive skills) for the fact that nearly 60 percent of today's college students are women. Finds that higher noncognitive skills and college premiums among women account for nearly 90 percent of the gender gap in higher education.…

A study of three hundred undergraduates enrolled in a general education course at a large midwestern state university revealed, as expected, a strong negative correlation between absences and final grades. Although the complex equation for academic success involves many more variables than attendance alone, some of which are also considered in…

Objective: The Strategies to Enhance Positive Parenting (STEPP) program was developed to address putative factors related to poor engagement in and outcomes following traditional behavioral parent training (BPT) for single mothers of children diagnosed with ADHD. Method: Twelve single mothers of children with ADHD were enrolled in an initial…

Poor school attendance is a problem in many schools throughout the United States. A study was conducted on students in an elementary school who were all paired with adult volunteer reading partners to assess whether attendance improved the year the reading program was implemented. The study involved a pre- and posttest exploratory research design…

A growing body of literature supports the relationship between students' self-efficacy beliefs for academic tasks and milestones and their academic performance. Not surprisingly, some researchers have investigated the role that academic self-efficacy beliefs play in predicting college success. Two incremental validity studies were conducted to…

Church attendance is associated with improved health and well-being among older adults, but older adults with functional limitations may have difficulty attending church services. This article examines differences in the association between functional limitations and church attendance in a sample of 987 elderly African American and white…