This study compared the self concept and need variables of disadvantaged students: subjects from a continuation school (drop-outs) with 80 subjects (matched for sex, race, and age) who were attending a large inner-city high school. Data indicate that on most of the self concept and need variables there were significant differences between groups.…

It is the purpose of this paper to discuss a detailed analysis of the basic data collected by the Select Committee on Teacher Education together with supplementary data contained in the Association of Teachers in Colleges and Departments of Education (A. T. C. D. E.) Handbook for 1969. (Author/RK)

Language classes are one of the most popular offerings in adult education, yet the dropout rate is high. An instructor must determine what newly enrolled students want from his classes in order that he can effectively employ techniques such as pair work for conversation and workshops. (KP)

Describes a dropout prevention program in which students gain vocational technical experience by renovating old buildings to be used as modern living quarters for disadvantaged families. (JF)

Article presented another side of the problem of student dropouts. (RK)

The findings of this study failed to support the hypothesis that need achievement has an appreciable effect on continuation in college, even when the objective probability of success is controlled. (Author/KM)

A follow-up survey of a group of students who had attended occupations schools. (JA)

Presidential address, annual meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, August 26, 1972. (FF)

Classes on college campuses help dropouts complete high school. (Editor)

It was concluded from the study that for predicting General Educational Development Test scores, the scores from the paragraph meaning and the individual subject matter areas of the SATB should be noted. (Author)