Records of a sample of 100 students receiving a total of 170 F grades were analyzed and showed that general education courses, remedial courses, and courses normally taken in high school accounted for most of the failing grades. It was also found that failing grades were received in transfer courses far more frequently than in…

TO TEST THE HYPOTHESIS THAT STUDENTS ON ACADEMIC PROBATION WHO RECEIVED SUPPORT AND INSIGHT FROM A GROUP WOULD OBTAIN HIGHER GRADE POINT AVERAGES THAN THOSE WITHOUT SUCH AN EXPERIENCE, THE RECORDS OF AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP OF 30 PROBATIONARY STUDENTS WERE MATCHED ON THE BASIS OF AGE, SEX, AND NUMBER OF UNITS TAKEN, MARITAL STATUS OF PARENTS,…

WHEN CALIFORNIA LEGISLATION REQUIRED JUNIOR COLLEGES TO PROVIDE "SPECIAL COUNSELING" TO ENTERING FRESHMEN WITH HIGH SCHOOL GRADE AVERAGES OF LESS THAN 2.0, AN EXPERIMENT IN THE FALL OF 1967 AT REEDLEY COLLEGE, CALIFORNIA, WAS DESIGNED TO COMPARE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING AND SPECIAL COUNSELING ON A GROUP BASIS. RANDOMLY…

This report presents data on the number of students affected by academic probation or dismissal during 1967-68 at California's institutions of higher education. Section A, the introduction, defines academic probation and academic dismissal. Section B discusses the academic probation and dismissal policies of the various campuses of the University…

RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THE RELATIONSHIP OF VISUAL-MOTOR DYSFUNCTIONS TO READING DIFFICULTIES AND SCHOOL FAILURE. THIS STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO IDENTIFY THE EXTENT OF SUCH DYSFUNCTIONS IN SEVERAL GROUPS OF FULL-TIME DAY STUDENTS AND TO ASSESS THE FEASIBILITY OF VISUAL TRAINING AND POSTURE REMEDIATION METHODS FOR STUDENTS ON ACADEMIC PROBATION. WHILE THE…

This research paper investigates whether or not students placed on academic probation react appropriately to Burton R. Clark's "cooling out" process--a process designed to encourage students to match their levels of aspiration with their abilities and interests--by changing to an alternate major. Using a sample of 1000 Cerritos College…

Because of a wide diversity of grading practices and policies among California community colleges, its impact upon students, and the need for compliance with state minimum standards, a study group was appointed to examine existing regulations and make recommendations to promote commonality among grading policies. Issues such as local autonomy,…

Background information and a discussion of major issues accompany recommended state minimum standards for grading as presented by an ad hoc Grading Policy Study Group to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. The report first notes the diversity of grading policies among the colleges and then outlines the Group's…