Relation of high school course work to achievement at the Iowa State University of Science and Technology

High school size and course program as related to college success in industrial education

“…In a study conducted at Iowa State University in 1962, James Hensel (18) investigated the relationships that existed between selected precollege variables of high school courses and Iowa State University place ment test scores to achievement in the various colleges at the university.…”

Factors affecting student selection of industrial education and technology as a new major

“…According to Hensel (1962), about 33% of the students who matriculated in engineering at ISU later graduated. Many of the students transferred into the Colleges of Agriculture and Science during their freshman year.…”