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Download full textKentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. Office of Research and Planning. – 1983
This report provides data on public and private high school graduates and dropouts in Kentucky. The introduction contains tables and graphs comparing the career directions (attending college or trade school, military, working, at home, unemployed, deceased, homemakers, and unknown) of Kentucky graduates in 1968 and 1983 and enrollment patterns…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Enrollment Trends
Cabrera, Alberto F.; And Others – 1992
This paper reports the results of an empirical study on the role of finances on college persistence. A quantitative causal model, that relied on several theoretical frameworks, was tested via structural equation modelling for categorical data that incorporated constructs from the financial aid literature as well as the persistence literature. The…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, College Preparation, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedRumberger, Russell W.; And Others – Sociology of Education, 1990
Investigated how family processes influence high school student dropout behavior. Used a sample of 114 dropouts from 1 California high school, 48 of whom were matched to similarly profiled continuing students. Identified factors that explain students' dropout decisions: permissive parenting, negative parental reactions to grades, excessive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Cohort Analysis, Comparative Analysis
Seidman, Alan – 1991
A study was conducted at Westchester Community College in Valhalla, New York, to examine the impact of an integrated admissions and counseling program on student satisfaction, retention, and academic performance. Students participating in the program underwent a series of meetings with a counselor, including preadmission sessions, program…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, Admissions Counseling
Cooper, Carol W.; Michael, William B. – 1990
Nationally, disabled persons have more than twice the college drop-out rate and only half the attendance rate of the non-disabled population. In 1990 a study was conducted at Gavilan Community College to investigate the relationship of five self-concept constructs to students' academic ability, persistence, disability status and other selected…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Dropout Research
Tellez, Kip; Walker de Felix, Judith – 1993
The changing nature of immigration, the job market, and the world economy preclude today's immigrants from full participation in the culture because they are without adequate education. This paper provides insights into one group of students that is most likely to have problems in school: immigrant pre-literate adolescents. It describes the…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Persistence, Attendance, Comparative Analysis
Tyler, John H. – 2002
The economic benefits of the General Educational Development certificate (GED) were examined through a review of four published papers and four unpublished working papers on the GED's benefits. Key findings were as follows: (1) a GED provides economic benefits only to low-skilled dropouts; (2) economic benefits of a GED appear over time--often…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Comparative Analysis
