With over two thirds of high school graduates going on to pursue postsecondary options after high school and over one fourth at 4-year institutions and nearly half at 2-year schools never reaching their sophomore year, it is evident that the transition from high school to college is a broken one for many students. There has been a nationwide call…

This study compared the academic performance of veteran and nonveteran college students. The post-service grades of veterans with preservice college experience were markedly higher. (Author)

Results of an investigation to determine if differential study habits between internal and external individuals could be a significant factor in the link between locus of control and academic achievement indicate that the study habits are an important factor. (Author/KM)

FROM INFORMATION OBTAINED BY QUESTIONNAIRES FROM 20 OF 25 PROVOSTS OR ACADEMIC VICE-PRESIDENTS, THIS SURVEY REPORT OUTLINES MAIN FEATURES OF THE PASS-FAIL OPTION AS OFFERED AT NINE COLLEGES OR UNIVERSITIES AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH SUCH AN OPTION IS BEING CONSIDERED BY OTHER SCHOOLS. WHILE CONSIDERABLE VARIATION IN SPECIFIC PASS-FAIL PROGRAMS IS…

THIS PAPER PRESENTS A CASE FOR MAKING JUNIOR COLLEGE GRADING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES COMPATIBLE WITH THE STATED PURPOSES OF THE JUNIOR COLLEGE. IT LISTS SOME HISTORIC AND PERSONAL PHILOSOPHIC ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING PURPOSES. THE INCOMPATIBILITY OF THE GRADING PRACTICES WITH THESE PURPOSES IS REVIEWED THROUGH SOME STUDIES MADE AT GROSSMONT COLLEGE,…

THE "ACADEMIC" HIGH SCHOOL GRADE AVERAGES OF APPLICANTS TO SOUTH GEORGIA COLLEGE IN THE FALL OF 1964 (526) AND THE FALL OF 1965 (711) WERE COMPARED WITH THEIR TOTAL GRADE AVERAGES. THE MEAN TOTAL GRADE AVERAGE OF THE 1964 GROUP WAS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE MEAN ACADEMIC AVERAGE. IN 1965, WHEN THE COLLEGE REMOVED SUCH COURSES AS…

A SERIES OF STUDIES WAS REPORTED ON INCREASING ACCURACY IN CLINICAL PREDICTION BY USING AN IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK PROCEDURE. THE GENERAL DESIGN IMPOSED EIGHT EXPERIMENTS AND THREE SETS OF ITEMS. SET ONE TESTED PREDICTIVE LEVEL BEFORE FEEDBACK. SET TWO WAS THE TRAINING SET. SET THREE TESTED THE EFFECT OF FEEDBACK TRAINING. THE PREDICTOR VARIABLE WAS…

The primary purpose of this study was to determine whether maturity was a variable which contributes to academic success and thus should be regarded in the prediction of success and in the admission of students. A random smaple of 15 female students each was drawn from two groups of entering freshmen at the University of Missouri-Columbia. In the…

Comparing the performance of students majoring in Data Processing Programming, Dental Assisting, Electronics Technology and Mid-Management with control groups matched on the basis of sex and ACT scores, no apparant discrimination against the technical majors was found in terms of earned grade point averages or grades in selected courses, with the…

The purpose of this study was to determine the reasons why students did not enroll at Arkansas State University in the fall semester of 1973 when they had listed the university as their first choice among institutions to attend. An equally important purpose was to determine whether or not there were differences in the personal and intellectual…

Among students and faculty as well, there are widespread beliefs that some departmental programs impose stringent demands on students while others are relatively undemanding. A second notion is that students with a given level of academic talent gravitate to departments whose demands correspond with the student's talent. It was therefore the…

THIS REPORT IS A COMPANION ANALYSIS TO A PRIOR REPORT, AC-65-66-1, APRIL, 1966. THE SOURCE, FORMAT, AND LIMITATIONS OF THIS STUDY ARE GIVEN IN THE PREVIOUS STUDY AND NOT REPEATED HERE. CONNECTICUT UNIVERSITY IS DIVIDED INTO TWO GROUPS FOR THE STUDY, THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND THE PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS, BOTH OF WHICH ARE FURTHER DIVIDED INTO 52…