This study sought to discover whether high school juniors might have a relatively consistent preferred way of responding to short stories, even when the stories are dissimilar. "Way of responding" included engagement (the reader's report of his involvement with the text), interpretation (the reader's report of the relation of the text to the world…

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of various activities designed to retain dropout-prone college students at Southwest Missouri State College through the use of experimental grouping and the development of counseling and guidance activities for these students. One hundred forty potential dropouts were selected from the…

This study is concerned with the prediction of college success in a group of primarily low socio-economic status (SES) Mexican-American youth. A total of 32 college freshmen participated, most of whom were poor and had below average academic averages as measured by high school grade point average. Selected sets of cognitive and personality…

A study designed to assess the academic performance of native and transfer students in the upper division of the University of Florida was launched to analyze and compare grade point averages, attrition rates, and progress towards graduation of various groups admitted to the program and to determine whether previous academic performance is related…

To determine whether the scholastic averages of resident students at York College, Pennsylvania are significantly different from those of commuting students, 200 resident students were compared with 200 commuting students. The groups were randomly selected and matched in terms of sex, college class, marital status, and intelligence. Scholastic…

Two approaches were used to predict State Board Examinations (SBE) results for students in four schools of nursing. Multiple regression was used to predict scores of 191 nurses who graduated and took the SBE. Discriminant function analysis was used for 375 nursing students to predict students who would take and pass the SBE from those who would…

This document presents data concerning the 1973-74 New College (Hofstra) entering freshmen. High school decile data and Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) data are collected as a part of the usual admission procedures. In addition, 50 of the 68 freshmen were administered the Cooperative Reading Test, the Omnibus Personality Inventory, and the New…

In a longitudinal study of student performance at Harper College, a sample of full-time and part-time students who enrolled at the college in the fall semesters during the years 1967 through 1972 was studied. The results of the study showed that in 1969 and 1970 more students were leaving before they accumulated 15 hours credit, and fewer were…

This document presents campus statistics for the University of California, Berkeley for the fall quarter 1973 and year 1972-73. Part 1 presents statistics for campus enrollment; new, continuing, and returning students; full-time, and part-time students; undergraduates by college or school and class level; major field of study; undergraduate and…

Using data from a national random sample of 16,685 high school seniors collected in 1972, 10 different grade average reporting systems were analyzed by means of a nonlinear least squares procedure. A grade conversion table was created by relating reported grade averages in all of the systems to common percentile ranks in class. It was suggested…

No significant improvement was found in the grades of low achieving college freshmen following instruction by academically successful students trained to teach study skills. The investigator trained the study instructors--12 juniors with at least a 3.0 grade point average--in twelve 1-hour sessions. Soon after a session each study instructor spent…

Assuming that benefits would accrue to students if their counselors could work with the parents--because of the support and nurture received at home being so important to school achievement--counselors held weekly consultations with parents of underachievers in the Lexington, Massachusetts, Public Schools. Weekly inservice seminars were also…

Two concurrent studies, full and part-time students enrolled in 1968 and in 1971, were undertaken at Santa Fe Community College to investigate student attrition. The 1968 sample consisted of 43% females and 56% males, with 50% ranging in age from 17 to 20, and 34% married. The graduate group was 40% of the total, but there was no significant…

This study assesses the first year performance of 69 Los Angeles City College (LACC, California) transfer students at UCLA who participated in a federally-funded special services program. The program was designed to assist students, selected on the basis of need and academic potential, who were otherwise ineligible to transfer. Some conclusions…

The Academic Orientation (AOR) scale of the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory was evaluated regarding its usefulness in predicting academic achievement in college. Also, the AOR scores of 148 low, average, and high functioning college students were compared. Correlational analyses indicated that the AOR is quite inadequate for predicting either…