Project Success is designed to help students on academic probation improve their performance so that they can return to good academic standing at their university. This article describes the program so institutions can consider its use in their efforts to address retention issues on their campus. Research that studies the program's effectiveness…

This paper presents findings of a study that examined an alternative learning program in a large urban school district in the midwestern United States. The goal of the project was to determine if the specific alternative learning program could have a positive effect on student motivation, goal orientation, self-efficacy, and self-esteem. Research…

Designed to survey the effects of the current probation policy at Shasta College, this report estimates the student loss attributable to the policy and discusses means of identifying potential probationary students. After introducing the probation policy, which requires at least a 2.0 grade point average to avoid academic probation and the…

RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THE RELATIONSHIP OF VISUAL-MOTOR DYSFUNCTIONS TO READING DIFFICULTIES AND SCHOOL FAILURE. THIS STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO IDENTIFY THE EXTENT OF SUCH DYSFUNCTIONS IN SEVERAL GROUPS OF FULL-TIME DAY STUDENTS AND TO ASSESS THE FEASIBILITY OF VISUAL TRAINING AND POSTURE REMEDIATION METHODS FOR STUDENTS ON ACADEMIC PROBATION. WHILE THE…

An interdisciplinary problem-solving course at Rochester Institute of Technology's Learning Development Center, designed for students who had been placed on probation or suspended, is described. The course stresses the applications of "tools" such as analogy, using a variety of assignments in mathematics, logic, and literature.…

A study comparing the residency training performances of students who had had academic difficulty and a control group of students with no significant academic difficulties concluded that institutional decisions concerning academically troubled students should be based on individual situations. (MSE)

Reviews literature related to the academic progress of financial aid recipients and describes a study of financial aid recipients conducted at Temple Junior College, Texas. Concludes that financial aid recipients succeed at rates at least equal to nonrecipients. (LL)

Investigated types of self-reported problems encountered by college students (N=151) on academic probation. Suggests that institutions of higher education examine education, financial, social and personal factors which contribute to academic difficulty and begin to develop programs which lessen attrition, particularly in the area of adjustment to…

College students on probation were paid to participate in a project designed to improve grades. Some were given instruction in self-control and self-administered behavior modification programs. Total study time, estimated effective study time, and grade point averages increased for self-control subjects but not for others. (Author)

This study sought to determine which combination of criteria would accurately predict the success of students in graduate education who began their graduate studies on probationary admission status. Variables examined included grade point average (GPA) after 9 hours of graduate coursework, Graduate Record Examination (GRE) verbal, quantitative,…

Outcomes of inschool suspension programs that were initiated in the Des Moines public schools are described in this report. Programs were implemented in 10 middle and 5 high schools in 1988 to reduce the number of instructional days lost and to change student behavior. The programs are described in terms of revenues and expenditures, goals and…

The policy on good academic standing was implemented in 1976. As a result, it was found that an estimated 1,700 students were not in good standing. These students were notified of their status and allowed, on a one-time basis, to either drop their incomplete credits or obtain extraordinary registration permission to continue work toward their…

EMPHASIS ON THE TRANSFER CURRICULA AT NASSAU COLLEGE NECESSITATES A POLICY OF SELECTIVE ADMISSION BASED ON PREDICTION OF PROBABLE ACADEMIC SUCCESS. FOR SEVERAL YEARS THE COLLEGE PERMITTED STUDENTS WHO WERE INITIALLY INADMISSABLE FOR FULL-TIME STATUS TO TRANSFER FROM A PART-TIME, PROBATIONARY STATUS AFTER COMPLETION OF THREE EVENING COURSES WITH A…

The purpose of this case survey was to examine the reasons that students provide regarding why they are on academic probation and the efficacy of discussing the family life cycle among this group. Initially, a pilot population of 93 students on academic probation, who are a part of a multi-cultural community college in New York City, were surveyed…

This study investigated the effect of probation on individual performance motivation, organizational processes, and patterns of instruction in schools that were on probation for low achievement in Maryland and Kentucky. Findings are based on case studies of 11 schools on probation, 7 in Maryland and 4 in Kentucky, and all 11 schools had high…