Students preparing themselves for careers in the future must be able to develop a wide range of skills that are applicable across those careers. Academic advisors must attempt to sure that these students acquire such ski. Thin article presents an approach for doing book.

Revised questionnaire forms of t k National Center for Higher Education Management Systems' Confidential Questionnaire lor Nonreturning Students, and Student Outcome Questionnaire for Program Completers were given to students enrolled in the Community and Technical College and the General College (renamed University College) during the 1978–1979 academic year at The University of Akron. The response rate of useable questionnaires varied from 22 percent of nonreturning students (485) to 28 percent of the continuing students (485) to 28 percent of the continuing student population (2995). Discriminative analysis of demographic variables were completed to assess selection bias for student nonpersister respondents and nonrespondents. Conflict with job and studies, not enough money for school, and needed temporary break from school were reasons for withdrawal cited by more than 20 pcrcent of the student nonpersister respondents. Student nonpersisters listed the factors of counseling and advising services, financial aid opportunities, and quality of instruction more frequently as the first factors if changed, would have encouraged them to stay at the University. Student persisters listed registration processing, parking availability, and television courses as the most frequent items to be changed first in order to better serve them at the University.