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Marnewick, Carl – Educational Studies, 2012
First-year students are still failing at an alarming rate. This is an international issue that universities face and there is currently no clear indication of the cause of the problem as universities move from being elite to providing mass education. This article examines the possible correlation between students' high school performance and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Correlation, Mathematics Achievement
Gurantz, Oded – John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, 2012
San Francisco's Bridge to Success (BtS) initiative brings together the City and County of San Francisco, the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD), the City College of San Francisco (CCSF), and key community organizations to promote postsecondary success for underrepresented students. Various working groups, each comprised of staff from…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College School Cooperation, Disproportionate Representation, Progress Monitoring
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Morash, Merry; Moon, Byongook – Youth & Society, 2007
General strain theory (GST) was tested as an explanation of violent and status offense delinquency of South Korean girls and boys. One research objective was to determine whether Korean girls and boys differed in their experience of each type of strain and in the levels of conditioning effects that might moderate the connections of strain to…
Descriptors: Conditioning, Gender Differences, Delinquency, Stress Variables