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ERIC Number: ED667006
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 72
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: 979-8-5169-3983-9
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Available Date: 0000-00-00
Demographic Disproportionality of High School Graduation: What's Service-Learning Got to Do with It?
Nicole DeVillier
ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, State University of New York at Buffalo
Graduation from high school is a commonly accepted measurement of academic achievement within the PK-12 education system. Failure to meet this academic milestone is well noted to result in unfavorable outcomes in the transition to, and throughout, adulthood; negatively impacting individuals' health and employment opportunities, while increasing the chance of engagement in criminal activity and dependence on state subsidized programs. Although, high school graduation rates have been reported to be on the rise, disparities among demographic groups are evident. Specifically, students who are male, of racial minority, and/or of low socio-economic status (SES) comprise the student population least likely to graduate on-time. Likewise, pedagogical strategies, such as Service-Learning (SL), shown to be associated with an increased likelihood of graduating high school, mirror the same demographic disproportions. Guided by theory acknowledging education inequity and the value of experiential learning, survival analysis methods were employed. These analyses sought to examine demographic variables attributing to both the likelihood of on-time high school graduation, while also investigating SL as a potential targeted pedagogical strategy to promote education experience equity. Longitudinal data from the Educational Longitudinal Study (2002-2006), publicly available by the National Center of Education Statistics (NCES) was analyzed. Taking an iterative methodological approach, two survival analyses were conducted. Symbiotically informing each analysis, this dissertation provides findings supporting SL as a pedagogical intervention for student populations most likely to be considered "at-risk" for failure to graduate high school on-time. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (NCES)
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