The Nature of Some of the Difficulties of Students Failing the First Two Years of College
Introduction. Numerous investigations have shown that ability to succeed in college is conditioned by many factors, not the least important of which are high school prepara tion, reading ability, and scholastic aptitude. Most of these studies have used representa tive groups of freshmen or sophomore college students. The present study attempts to iso late some of the characteristics of the rela tionships existing between the three variables mentioned and college success in a group heavily weighted with students who were failing to achieve an acceptable level of scholarship in their college work.