High attrition rates at colleges and universities are costly to students and to institutions, in terms of money, time, effort, etc. The prediction of academic success or failure is related to the problem of accountability. In order to plan and account for certain program expenditures, it becomes imperative to predict the needs and behaviors of…

This paper considers many of the studies that have been conducted regarding the prediction of college success. The table of contents includes: (1) "Prediction of Academic Success," which discusses the results of several standardized tests and their ability to predict success in college; (2) "Prediction of Academic Failure,"…

Two groups of fourth-grade boys, one group reading at grade level or above, the other reading below grade level, were selected for this study. All boys in both groups had scored at the 30th percentile or below on a kindergarten reading-readiness test. The mothers of these boys were interviewed to assess their participation, instigation, and level…

The nature of b/d confusion by remedial and nonremedial readers at ages seven, eight, nine, and ten was explored using pupils from ten schools in a large, metropolitan school district. Subjects were individually tested to assess reversal tendency in letter naming, word reading, and writing/spelling. Able subjects were also tested in sentence…

Recent research indicates the centrality of "attending" as a variable in reading acquisition. Attending is, in fact, more important than such traditionally accepted influences as intelligence, cognitive style, attitudes, and language background. Differences in attending behavior, which are molded through match and mismatch of expectations with…

A series of recent decisions, largely in federal courts since 1972, are examined for inferences that may encourage institutions to set forth more clearly the conditions that precede dismissal on academic or misbehavior grounds. Guidelines are suggested for administrative procedure and faculty practices such as grading. (JT)

The authors describe a game called "Frustration" which can be used by counselors to show incoming high school students some of the ordinary hazards of the high school experience which partly determine success at school. Students are encouraged to suggest their own solutions to these problems. (SE)

The Personality Research Form and the Achievement Anxiety Test were compared to the Thematic Apperception Test and Mandler-Sarason Test Anxiety Questionnaire. The former were equally reliable and valid measures of motive for success and motive to avoid failure. The ease of administration and scoring would recommend their use to researchers.…

This article notes some of the criticisms of government-funded compensatory education programs found in two recent reports: the Rand Report on Federal Programs and the Meissner Report on the status of New Jersey's state-funded remedial programs. (SJL)

Learning disabled adolescents often exhibit psychosocial deficits independent of academic failure and frustration. (PHR)

The behaviors implicit in many boys' sex roles are oppositional to the behaviors required in the student role. The conflict results in the inability of the boy to assume the student role, and may result in his being identified as having an academic and/or behavioral problem. Teacher suggestions are given. (Author/LPG)

This article describes the development of a model that can select students likely to succeed in a professional pharmacy program, and also identify those likely to have trouble that could lead to academic withdrawal. Data are based on students at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy. (JMD)

Emphasizes that the failure to recognize the interplay between personality characteristics and situational determinants has masked important individual reaction patterns concerning general satisfaction and boredom at school. (Author/RK)

Children observed a communication game in which two dolls sent messages to each other so that the listener doll could pick out a matching card. Allocations of blame for inadequate communication were functions of age of the child, adequacy of message, correctness of choice, and child's proximity to speaker or listener doll. (Author/MV)