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B-159219 1 (1973-09-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaafwo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: E DOCLTI.'NT AY1' ' , ouJ t. ' ., [United States Senate L- MOS6079 -. Dear Senator Bayh: Your letter of March 19, 1973, requested that we inves- tigate certain military and educational p.roblems at the- Air S/0 Force Academy. Th -rYasof-your interest were cadet- attri- tion.hi poliC-iies on drug abuse, administrative punis-hment, and f~~uity-t~re. We have informally-provicae-d-your staff with infoTafion on each of these areas and on attrition rates at the other military academies. This information is summarized below. CADET ATTRITION During the past 5 years, Air Force Academy cadet attri- tion has ranged from a low of 28 percent to a high of 40 per- cent. Academy officials said that the ttrition rate for the class of 1974 may reach 46 percent. Attrition rate Graduating class (note a) 1969 35% 1970 28 1971 33 1972 40 1973 40 aPercent of entering cadets leavingsometime during the 4 years the class was at the Academy. We are reviewing this area further to identify more spe- cifically the causes for attrition and to determine what changes might be made to minimize the number of cadets dropping out. We have broadened the scope of our review to include all serv- ice academies and to obtain data on attrition experienced by civilian institutions, We plan to use a questionnaire that was developed with the-assistance of your staff. The question- naire will first be tested by sending it to a small group of cadets at the various academies. After the test results have been received and analyzed and any necessary changes have been made, the questionnaire will be sent to several thousand Z16--& ID%

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