A group of high-potential girls in grades three-six met with researchers to discuss internal barriers to female achievement. Dilemmas identified as blocking girls' success in school included: smart versus social, silence versus bragging, failure versus perfection, media beauty versus marginality, passive versus aggressive, conforming versus being…

The research summarized in this report is a longitudinal study of the effectiveness of a particular type of alternative secondary school in improving the behavior of delinquent and disruptive students. Three alternative school programs which provide students with experiences of success and social support from teachers are described. The…

The response of the University of Minnesota (UM) to minority education is addressed in this document, which contains three papers and the proceedings of the First Annual Minority Student Personnel Workshop at UM. Among the general areas of concern identified by the school's Office for Minority and Special Student Affairs (OMSSA) are the following:…

Perspectives on university-level studies and factors that affect student performance are considered, based on experiences and research conducted at the University of Bergen, Norway, and the University of Birmingham, England. Topics include the following: student goals; the use of lectures for larger groups; the importance of early feedback;…