Using data to track and manage student enrollment is steadily becoming a standard practice on both two-year and four-year campuses. Data mining enables colleges to create predictive models for identifying behaviors that put students at risk for dropping out, flag students who engage in these behaviors, and help identify practices that work in…

Observes that college athletes tend to earn fewer bachelor's degrees, take longer to do so, earn lower grades, and take less demanding curricula than students in general. Describes and evaluates a study program for freshman athletes that requires students to work cooperatively on assignments and how that fosters academic confidence. (DSK)

A Virginia high school developed an athletic study hall program as an alternative to establishing a minimum grade point average for athletes. The program has had some success in enhancing the academic progress of the athletes. (MD)