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Download full textHill, Susan; Owings, Maria – 1986
Characteristics of graduates who completed bachelor's degrees within 4 years of high school graduation were compared with graduates who took longer than 4 years. Data were obtained from the Postsecondary School Transcripts Study, a supplement to the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972. The sample consisted of 4,440…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Bachelors Degrees, College Graduates, Higher Education
Peer reviewedPeng, Samuel S.; Fetters, William B. – American Educational Research Journal, 1978
Data from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 indicate that women are more likely to withdraw only in two year colleges and that whites are more likely to withdraw than blacks. High school program, college grades, and educational aspiration are significantly related to withdrawal, but receipt of financial aid is not.…
Descriptors: Colleges, Dropout Characteristics, Higher Education, Longitudinal Studies
Dunteman, George H.; Peng, Samuel S. – 1977
A study was undertaken of transfer students in postsecondary institutions, based on data from the base year and first and second followups of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972. Its specific objectives were to: (1) obtain national estimates of the number and proportion of students in the categories of four-year to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, College Students, Financial Support
Peer reviewedLyson, Thomas A.; Falk, William W. – American Educational Research Journal, 1984
Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS), this study shows that almost half the NLS respondents teaching in 1979 did not report teaching plans in high school, whereas three-fourths of those planning to teach were not teaching in 1979. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Elementary School Teachers, Employment Opportunities, High Schools
Hilton, Thomas L. – 1982
Characteristics and attendance patterns of persisters and dropouts from college and vocational/technical schools were studied, and a model of the persistence process was tested using data from the National Longitudinal Study (NLS), which surveyed high school seniors in 1972, with followup surveys in 1973 and 1974. Student persistence was defined…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, College Attendance
Stone, James R., III – 1984
This study was conducted to explore the relationship between participation in secondary marketing and distributive education (MDE) and economic attainment after high school. Specifically, the study sought to develop a model of economic attainment, i.e., job status attainment, unemployment, and wages for secondary MDE students. The study used the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Cooperative Education, Distributive Education
Anderson, Kristine L. – 1986
College student persistence and overall educational attainment were studied, based on data from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972. Attention was directed to the influence of student socioeconomic status, academic aptitude and preparation, educational goal commitment, college quality/selectivity, college orientation…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Educational Attainment
