ABSTRACT
Enrolment at all three schools tends to be more local than national though one of them does have at least some students from distant regions. The income and social class of the students coming to two of the schools is no different from that of two of the rapid improvement schools. In two institutions the presidents had very long tenures, while in the third, a new president had succeeded at the end of an administration that had been something less than a complete success. The faculty situation at these three schools does not seem likely to get better and may quite easily get worse. It is very difficult to find much to say that is encouraging about the student life at the three medium-growth schools. The three medium improvement schools were obviously very different from the three rapid improvement schools, though in physical appearance, ownership, and basic structure they were not dissimilar.
