[Kevin]

If they actually show up for class that's about 90% of the battle. I can't tell you how many academic careers I've seen turned around by students just making the simple decision to go to every single class regardless of whatever else.

The second part of it is learning to be effective at studying. For a lot of folks, simply doing the reading isn't going to cut it. Learn to outline, do flash cards, find whatever works.

One thing which helps is accountability to the group. When my chapter does their roll call, they announce how many classes they missed in a given week. Those men who consistently say two or three classes a week are typically not going to do well academically.

We also have a very active academic committee which oversees the mandatory study hall hours assigned to men who have been academically unsuccessful. We've been #1 or #2 in grades for as long as I can remember, so whatever we've been doing has been working.