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Item Academically Dismissed Students: A Perplexing Problem(2010) Ramsey, Hilary BNew freshman students who participated in a mandatory freshman welcome week still landed in academic dismissal status. The researcher used an electronic survey tool sent to academically dismissed students who re-enrolled through Continuing Education, the department responsible for this student group. Despite the information about services and activities designed to build a connection with campus, students still do not utilize resources available to them. Major external factors that students struggled with were time management issues, stress and developing goodstudy skills. The surveyresults yield a student profile that indicates these students should have been successful but survey responses indicate multiple reasons they were not academically successful.Item Anoka-Hennepin Compensatory Education Pilot Program Year 1 Report(University of Minnesota, Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement, 2007-01) Wahlstrom, Kyla; Hornbacher, Judy; Dretzke, Beverly; Peterson, Kristin; London, Rachel; Center for Applied Research and Educational ImprovementThe Year 1 Report of the Anoka-Hennepin Compensatory Education Pilot Progam reviews student achievement results from the pilot schools and a matched set of control students, levels of implementation of the project in classrooms, impact of strategies on outcomes and changes in teacher and staff attitudes toward the project. Shifting the traditional allocation of funds allows the district to provide a major intervention in three schools with high populations of at-risk students. The intervention includes program structures for mathematics and reading, changing instructional delivery methods in math and reading, providing intense professional development for teachers in math and reading, coaching follow-up at each site, and significant oversight