Show N Y A STUDENTS EXCEL ACCORDING TO SURVEY although required to work an average of approximately 40 hours per month college students employed by the national youth administration receive higher than average grades according to a survey just completed and made pub ile ilc by NYA administrator aubrey williams covering students in institutions located in 48 stat states esthe the district of columbia and the territories the survey disclosed that NYA students ranked higher in ili scholarship than the general student body in 80 per cent of the cui cu leges two thirds of the NYA employed students had scholastic averages that placed them in the upper halt half of the student body independent investigations made in various parts of the country nd ind 1 reported by educators support the findings of this survey A study conducted by the uni hersity of michigan of the NYA college and graduate work program at 23 michigan institutions showed that NYA students are equal to or above the average for the general student body in the freshman classes NYA students led in scholarship in 17 of the colleges six others reported no difference in rating in the sophomore classes 22 colleges represent NYA scholarship as superior to that of the group in the junior classes 15 sub mated evidence thit NYA juniors maintained a scholarship rating a buve uve the general class average 4 0 others reported them equally cap n aar I 1 ov nd one as i iry lower than ihan the class average in the senior classes in reports from 20 colleges 12 showed NYA seniors definitely above the general class scholarship average in 3 instances they were equally as strong and ill iii 5 colleges they were slightly lower in academic achieve achievement men t an iowa school superintendent ie ported that a checkup check up of the semester grades rades of students komg NYA work in high school sho showed od that these students maintained maintained a I 1 grand point standing anding sl of points above a C average over a period ot years it was fund found that tho the average for the school as a whole is about one point above a C average for a given semester the fact that these NYA high school students have done somewhat better than average is the more impressive since NYA jobs are given to stud ants primarily on the basis of financial need and not on the basis of scholastic worthiness A report of the committee on federal employment for students at the university of oregon for the oca academic demic year 1937 38 reveal revealed pd that in the fall term 11 per cent vf of the he students on NYA won places on the honor roll as compared with less than 4 per pek cent of the total student body in the winter term almost 18 per cent of students receiving NYA aid were on the honor roll while about 5 per cent of the student body were listed during both terms about one third of all the students listed on the honor roll were NYA recipients although NYA KYA students represented only bout 8 per cent of the total enrollment at the annual honor assembly hold held in may 1938 ten JN IA I A conegp students at the university of arizona received highest senior noi n ors in the various colleges of tn school and carnegie institute of technology reported that NYA N Y A students at anat institution had a grade average of compared with a grade average for non NYA students of |