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Amanda H. Johnson – ProQuest LLC, 2008
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…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Freshmen, College Readiness, Transitional Programs
Phelps, Margaret S.; And Others – 1990
Sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students (N=301) from a rural county in Tennessee (Iris County is a pseudonym) completed a Rural School Success Inventory (RSSI) and the Learning Styles Inventory (LSI). The study explored differences between low Socioeconomic Status (SES) students and middle/high SES students. The RSSI provided information about…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Family Characteristics, Grade 6