Increasing frequency of marijuana use was found to be significantly related to increased creativity, adventuresomeness, internal sensation novelty seeking and impulsivity, and decreased authoritarianism. No differences were noted in manifest anxiety among user groups, but heavier marijuana users earned lower grades in school. (Author)

As an initial step in the development of a study techniques program, this research examined some of the factors which contribute to college success. (Authors/JA)

Based on the results of this study, grades and campus leadership are not valid predictors of potential employability. (Author)

Report on the Early Entry Institute at Northern Michigan University, a special 8-week summer program for high school graduates considered to be poor academic risks as college students. Institute students earned high average GPA during summer which declined in the fall to a level not significantly different from the average of fall entrants. (AD)

The hypothesis that work value orientation is predictive of academic performance was unsupported for male group, and negatively related for the female. Possibility exists that academic success has more significance for males than for females. (Author/CJ)

Administration of the Taylor Manifest Anxiety scale to 153 male and 107 female college freshmen and factor analysis of the results, revealed that the only significant correlation was between psychosomatic fitness" and grades for males. (KJ)

"The results of the study did not favor the indiscriminate use of the Achievement via Conformity scale, the Achievement via Independence scale, and the Intellectual Efficiency scale for predicting GPA of college freshmen. (Author)

Describes a study that found that undergraduate grade-point average and number of semester hours completed in psychology do influence student performance on the psychology test of the Graduate Record Examination. However, this and previous studies have not revealed academic factors to be the strongest influence. More research is needed. (RM)

Because different fear of success measurement instruments do not seem to tap the same underlying trait, factor analysis of this construct was inconclusive. The study's findings on anxiety, however, were clearer: anxiety significantly differentiates the sexes and is a negative predictor of both grade point average and ability. (Author/GC)

Describes a modified method for determining class rank that addresses many problems associated with weighted and unweighted grade-point average calculations. Under the Class Rank Index System, class rank is determined jointly by overall performance in a student's courses and by a measure of difficulty of the student's overall course load. CRI…

Assessed the freshman orientation program at Stephen F. Austin State University in terms of academic success of participants. Data were obtained for freshman classes from 1986 to 1994, and results of data analyses indicated a significantly higher grade point average for those who attended orientation. (SLD)

Surveyed African American high school students to determine psychosocial factors associated with high school achievement (e.g., community support, academic motivation, social support, and students' methods of handling unfair treatment). After controlling for gender and absenteeism, only the method of handling unfair treatment positively related to…