Evaluated the glass ceiling hypothesis in relation to Asian American faculty using data from the 1993 National Study of Post-Secondary Faculty for 1,019 Asian American faculty members. Data limitations prevent concluding that such faculty do or do not face a glass ceiling; however, baseline findings for future research are established. (SLD)

Associations among background, commitment levels, institutional involvement, and student persistence were studied for 260 out of 323 early college dropouts. The model of attrition developed by V. Tinto (1975) was applied. Student persistence was found to vary by motivational type and student's psychosocial orientation to college. (SLD)

The effect of the perceived quality of academic advising on student attrition was studied for 1,033 first-time freshmen at a public urban university. High quality advising reduced attrition. Low-quality advising was less successful in reducing attrition, but was associated with less attrition than was no advising at all. (SLD)

The process of choosing a scientific major was examined in a nationally representative sample of 2,592 male and female college students of above-average ability. Socioeconomic status, high school teacher and guidance counselor influences, family and personal life priorities, and attendance at a four-year college were predictive factors. (TJH)

In year 1 of a 3-year study, 14 elementary and secondary preservice teachers (out of 53 teacher education candidates) were interviewed/observed as their beliefs about reading instruction changed through coursework and practice in classroom teaching. Findings highlight the importance of considering preservice teachers' prior beliefs when designing…

Path analysis examined effects of tutor-tutee ethnic similarity (ES), tutor expertise, and perceived goal attainment (PGA) on the satisfaction of 425 college student tutors of disadvantaged elementary school students. The major influence on satisfaction was tutors' PGA; ES had an indirect impact and expertise had direct and indirect effects. (SLD)

Effects of a medical education program about diabetes mellitus were studied as a function of the extent to which participants' clinical environments were made to facilitate recommended practices. Subjects were 99 internal medicine residents and 15 internists staffing a general medicine clinic who attended a 3.5-hour diabetes seminar. (SLD)

Predictions from M. C. Wittrock's model of generative teaching about the effects of reader generation of summaries and analogies on the learning of 50 paragraphs of text were studied. Fifty-seven undergraduates--assigned to three treatment groups comprised of different generative tasks--had to use learning material from a text. (SLD)

Use of Sentence Verification Technique (SVT) reading comprehension tests as general and specific predictors of learning performance in college courses was studied in experiments with 119 and 138 students attending Westfield State College (Massachusetts). Results suggest that appropriate SVT tests can predict general performance and performance in…

The oral reading behavior of 15 English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) proficient Iranian readers was psycholinguistically analyzed. Results show that cultural schemata affected the reading comprehension and strategies of EFL-proficient readers reading expository texts. (SLD)

A study involving 40 rote (high dogmatic) learners and 37 conceptual (low dogmatic) learners of college age was conducted to determine the optimal rhetorical structure of passages for each type of learner. The results indicate a significant interaction between dogmatism and rhetorical structure. (TJH)

Factors influencing women's decisions to pursue undergraduate degrees in quantitative fields were studied, using a structural equation model. Significant factors in High School and Beyond study data included courses taken in high school, student socioeconomic status, parental attitudes, and choice of study field as a high school sophomore. (TJH)

This interpretive case study examined how members of a college culture (faculty and administrators) experienced change related to the entry of a new college president, and how the president himself changed as a result. The relationship between established community members and the new president is explored in five phases. (SLD)

Curricular concerns and issues are suggested that encourage prospective teachers to think about the social, political, and institutional context of schooling. Specific issues are considered related to the substantive concerns of (1) teachers' work; (2) achievement of minority students; and (3) gender dynamics and teaching. (SLD)

A guided reciprocal peer-questioning procedure (GRPQP) was used by 65 college students (in 2 experiments) for learning expository material presented in classroom lectures. Results support the feasibility of using the GRPQP in real classroom settings, because it promotes peer interaction and learning in cooperative groups. (SLD)