The Student Problem Areas Survey was administered to 237 black and white students attending a predominantly white university and 55 black students attending a predominantly black university. The instrument was developed at the University Counseling Center for the purpose of determining broad problem areas within which relevant mental health…

Describes a 65-item survey developed to assess student needs in the personal, career, and academic areas. Students expressed stronger needs in the career development area. Results indicated a small number of sex and class differences but numerous items where Black students expressed stronger needs than White students. (Author)

This report is a publication of the Hispanic Community Mobilization for Dropout Prevention (HCMDP) project, a two-year demonstration program of the ASPIRA Association, Inc. Institute for Policy Research. The project's goals are to create Hispanic community awareness of the Hispanic students' educational problems, and to provide Hispanic parents…