RECEPTIVITY TO INSTITUTIONAL ASSISTANCE - AN IMPORTANT VARIABLE FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND MEXICAN-AMERICAN STUDENT-ACHIEVEMENT

At-risk and high-ability ethnic minority freshmen groups were compared to determine differences in their receptiveness to campus support services in four areas: academic assistance, personal counseling, social enrichment, and career counseling. Results revealed that students receptive to career counseling achieved a higher grade point average than their counterparts at the competion of their first year.