Kunhart, W. E., & Roleder, G. (1964). Counseling Techniques with Potential Drop-Out Students in Junior College. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 11(2), 190-191.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/h0039287
It is recognized that students entering junior college programs are often making trial attempts at further education or obtaining technical skills in a non-transfer lower division program. Therefore, an amount of drop-outs would be expected, especially in the non-transfer type program. The writers were interested in the possibility of changing attitudes of potential drop-outs. In this experiment 450 subjects were presented with an attitude scale aimed at predicting student drop-out. Their choices were scored by the key in the original research, which indicated whether they preferred choices similar to potential drop-out or stay-ins. A group of 186 students identified as potential drop-outs were randomly assigned to three different treatment groups of 62. Of the three groups, Group A served as a control. Group B was submitted to a direct counseling approach to aid the student in the awareness of the drop-out tendencies and to aid by group counseling techniques. Group C was designated the non-directed counseling group. The approach intended to aid but not directly identify the groups as a potential drop-out group. This was done by involving them in problems of college life by using indirect survey sheets and supportive-insight discussions. Both Group B and C had three one-hour counseling sessions, the second, third and fourth week of the semester. Results were treated statistically and showed that no significant difference existed among the three groups in number of drop-outs. At the end of the research semester, 19 had dropped from the control group, 21 from the direct counseling group and 19 from the non-directive group. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)