Physical disability from disease or injury often results in a permanent state of social insufficiency, especially when the disability is reinforced by individual or environmental factors. In a study of almost 700 persons treated at a Norwegian rehabilitation center, regression analysis was used to compare those who benefited from the program with…

This pamphlet is concerned with achievement motivation. Motives refers to a fairly stable set of personality characteristics which constitute a disposition to strive for certain kinds of satisfaction. The achievement motive is the disposition to strive for success. Two other motives are discussed, affiliation and influence motives. Operant versus…

A study has been designed to investigate the success of graduates in elementary education at California State College at Long Beach over a 12-year period. The population to date is 1,037 graduates who began their employment in September of each year from 1960-1963. Data was obtained from college files, teacher placement, etc., and from teacher…

This paper examines the needs of the failure-oriented junior college student, presents the learning resources center as a major tool in junior college instruction, and develops a systems approach to the design of a comprehensive learning resources center. Since junior colleges accept a full range of students, including many of low ability,…

This article deals with the historical and legal elements surrounding the unsuccessful attempt at faculty unionization at New York University. Of particular import are the issues surrounding unit inclusions and exclusions, especially the exclusion of part-time faculty. Another consideration was the active campaigning of the UFCT (United Federation…

In last year's report (1971-1972), when the attrition problem in Math 103 and 109 was first examined, one of the major findings was that placement was very poor. It is shown in this report that in the courses with improved placement, the attrition went down significantly. Attrition is defined as withdrawal from a mathematics course and registering…

This document analyzes the union movement among higher education faculty members; why it has been successful in some institutions and a failure in others; why the different unions and professional organizations appeal to different factions within the faculty; how administrators, students, and legislators have responded to unionization, and other…

This series of nine articles on dyslexia, or specific language disability, originally appeared in the Baltimore "Evening Sun" in response to increasing public interest regarding reading disabilities and handicaps. These articles summarize the methods of identifying and teaching these children and discuss the school's common failure to identify and…

The major purpose of the present study was to answer a series of related questions concerning college dropouts: What is the current dropout rate nationally among students attending colleges in the United States? How do dropout rates vary by type of institution? In what ways do dropouts and nondropouts differ? What factors in the college…

Intended for parents, the manual provides information on speech and language development in young children. Sections cover factors related to delay in speech and language development (such as hearing defects, prolonged illness, and lack of motivation) and suggestions for stimulating language growth at home (such as praising the child and creating…

A parent of a handicapped child points out problem areas in inservice teacher education, including neglect of the children's emotional involvement in programing and lack of parental participation in inservice sessions. (CL)

States that the term "reading disability" is a disease metaphor that narrows our ability to work with failure and that it is necessary to diagnosis a child's reading problem accurately in order to treat the problem adequately. (MKM)

Student self-pacing in a college-level, individualized political science course resulted in a significantly higher rate of student withdrawal as compared to the same course with instructor-pacing, a fact that the authors found attributable to failure to maintain a steady quiz-taking pace and to poor performance on quizzes. (MJB)