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Morley, Raymond E.; Clay, Helen I. – 1985
This directory on Iowa alternative programs for potential and actual dropouts begins with a brief summary of the state's dropout problem accompanied by nine references. Descriptions of some of the special programs and schools precede the full text of state legislation for funding and administering dropout programs. The next section, in outline…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research
Duerr, Mark – 1986
Lack of data on California high school graduation and dropout rates prompted the development of a research method for determining graduation and dropout rates for the Region II Migrant Education enrolled high school Class of 1985. The most accurate method of estimating these rates was to track individual students through their high school years.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1981
Based on studies of student attrition at Mid-Florida Technical Institute (MFTI) and Valencia Community College (VCC), this handbook presents an action plan model for the identification of reasons students fail to complete postsecondary vocational programs. Introductory material reviews the purpose of the handbook (i.e., to assist program…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research
State Univ. of New York, Oneonta. Coll. at Oneonta. – 1985
Responses to a survey questionnaire completed by 1,070 migrant students who returned to school after dropping out were tabulated and listed by response frequency to determine student characteristics that will help migrant educators predict dropout behavior and address its causes. Participating students were enrolled in 13 High School Equivalency…
Descriptors: Age Grade Placement, Continuation Students, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Programs
Krotseng, Marsha V. – 1991
With the dwindling of the traditional college applicant pool, retention has become one of higher educational institutions' top priorities. This study addresses the effectiveness of Western Psychological Services'"Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire" (SACQ) for providing early evidence of poor adjustment and potential attrition…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, Declining Enrollment, Dropout Characteristics
Johnson, Frederic C. – 1985
Migrant student enrollment declines steadily in junior high school as a result of low achievement, poor self-esteem, social isolation, late enrollment/early withdrawal policies, and school attitude toward migrant students. Parents, educators, and 237 junior high school migrant students from Arizona, Michigan, New York, Wisconsin, Texas, and…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research, Enrollment
Duncan, Roberto – 1985
Drawing from a review of the literature on issues related to student retention and attrition, and research on student attitudes toward the Community College of Denver (CCD), this report suggests four models for student retention programs for different two-year college student groups. Following introductory material on the project, a literature…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Students, College Attendance, College Freshmen
Ingels, Steven J.; And Others – 1992
This volume contains 11 appendices to a user's manual that provides guidance and documentation for users of the public release data for the student component of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88). The general aim of the NELS, a continuing long-term project, is to study the educational, vocational, and personal development…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Dropouts, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment
Flaherty, Toni – 1988
A study was conducted at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) to develop a profile of students who withdrew from courses between 1982 and 1986 and to compare this profile with the results of a 1979-82 withdrawal study. For the past 4 years, each degree credit student who has officially withdrawn from a course has been asked to complete a survey…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Courses, Dropouts
Green, Brenda J. – 1991
This paper describes a minority leadership program, developed at Portland State University, Oregon, that is designed to increase the retention rate of minority and other underrepresented college students by helping them to adjust to the social and academic climate of the university. The program utilizes minority students who have successfully…
Descriptors: Activities, Adjustment (to Environment), Dropouts, Higher Education
Educational Priorities Panel, New York, NY. – 1990
The purpose of the study described in this report was to ascertain why students in New York City high schools are earning insufficient credits to graduate in four years. Specific objectives of the study include the following: (1) to identify patterns and trends in credit accumulation among high school graduates and dropouts; (2) to determine and…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Course Selection (Students), Credits, Dropouts
Quinley, John W. – 1985
A study was conducted to analyze the factors which affect students' decisions to enroll at Harford Community College (HCC), Harford County, Maryland. An entrant follow-up survey was sent in spring 1984 to all students who were enrolled in a Maryland community college for the first time in fall 1982. The survey sought to evaluate the extent to…
Descriptors: College Choice, Community Colleges, Dropouts, Enrollment Influences

Kahl, Thomas N.; Cropley, Arthur J. – Distance Education, 1986
Summarizes differences between face-to-face and distance learners at Fernuniversitat (West Germany) in terms of demographics, motivation, study conditions, and personal consequences, in order to provide some empirically derived insights into the psychological consequences of distance learning for learners. (MBR)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction, Demography, Distance Education
Redovich, Dennis W.; Rodriguez, Manuel S. – 1990
In July 1988, Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) initiated the Systematic Assessment of Leavers (SAL), a 2-year, 2-phase research activity to develop and implement a monitoring process to identify the personal, demographic, institutional, and environmental factors associated with leaving the college. The target populations of the study were…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Dropouts, Ethnic Groups
Rio Salado Community Coll., AZ. – 1985
A project was conducted to increase student retention in adult basic education (ABE) programs in Arizona through the publication and distribution of a statewide newspaper for ABE students. Using an Apple Macintosh micro-computer, editorial staff of the newspaper, entitled the Express Press, collected articles written by ABE students and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Demonstration Programs, Dropout Prevention, Information Dissemination
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