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Willoughby, Teena; Dykstra, Victoria W.; Heffer, Taylor; Braccio, Joelle; Shahid, Hamnah – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2023
Despite the importance of obtaining a university degree, retention rates remain a concern for many universities. This longitudinal study provides a multi-domain examination of first-year student characteristics and behaviors that best predict which students graduate. Graduation status was assessed seven years after students entered university.…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Prediction, Graduation, Dropouts
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Archambault, Isabelle; Janosz, Michel; Dupéré, Véronique; Brault, Marie-Christine; Andrew, Marie Mc – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2017
Background: In most Western countries, the individual, social, and family characteristics associated with students' dropout in the general population are well documented. Yet, there is a lack of large-scale studies to establish whether these characteristics have the same influence for students with an immigrant background. Aims: The first aim of…
Descriptors: Social Influences, Socioeconomic Status, Dropouts, Immigrants
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Verhaaff, Ashley; Scott, Hannah – Research on Social Work Practice, 2015
Objective: This study examined which individual factors predict mental health court diversion outcome among a sample of persons with mental illness participating in a postcharge diversion program. Method: The study employed secondary analysis of existing program records for 419 persons with mental illness in a court diversion program. Results:…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Mental Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Individual Characteristics
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MacGregor, Cassandra; Ryan, Thomas G. – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2011
This paper illuminates and details some of the traits, pressures and semi-autonomy of the young adult between the ages of 18 and 24 who must confront the barriers and challenges upon returning to secondary school within the high school and the adult education centre context. Focusing on these young adults is fundamentally important to begin to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Young Adults, Adult Students
Bergeron, Julie; Chouinard, Roch; Janosz, Michel – Online Submission, 2011
The main goal was to test if teacher-student relationships and achievement motivation are predicting dropout intention equally for low and high socio-economic status students. A questionnaire measuring teacher-student relationships and achievement motivation was administered to 2,360 French Canadian secondary students between 12 and 15 years old…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Student Attitudes, French Canadians, Dropouts
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Serbin, Lisa A.; Temcheff, Caroline E.; Cooperman, Jessica M.; Stack, Dale M.; Ledingham, Jane; Schwartzman, Alex E. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2011
This 30-year longitudinal study examined pathways from problematic childhood behavior patterns to future disadvantaged conditions for family environment and child rearing in adulthood. Participants were mothers (n = 328) and fathers (n = 222) with lower income backgrounds participating in the ongoing Concordia Longitudinal Risk Project. Structural…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Poverty, Mothers, Structural Equation Models
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Archambault, Isabelle; Janosz, Michel; Fallu, Jean-Sebastien; Pagani, Linda S. – Journal of Adolescence, 2009
Although the concept of school engagement figures prominently in most school dropout theories, there has been little empirical research conducted on its nature and course and, more importantly, the association with dropout. Information on the natural development of school engagement would greatly benefit those interested in preventing student…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Dropouts, At Risk Persons, Factor Analysis
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Guevremont, Anne; Roos, Noralou P.; Brownell, Marni – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2007
Data from a population-based repository in Manitoba showed that students who are male, young for grade, and in Grades 1, 2, 7, and 8 were the most likely to be retained. After controlling for key student factors including socioeconomic status, school changes, and key school characteristics including stability of the student body, retention was a…
Descriptors: Grade Repetition, Foreign Countries, School Holding Power, Gender Differences
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Greer, Jim – AEDS Journal, 1986
Reviews a study of 117 students at the University of Saskatchewan which examined the relationship between high school computer experience and university achievement in introductory computer science. The pretests used are described, findings are analyzed, and student withdrawal patterns are discussed. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Computer Science Education, Correlation
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Bhatnagar, Joti – Journal of Experimental Education, 1978
Over 600 part-time evening undergraduate students were surveyed to investigate the relationship between precollege training and persistence. Having a high school diploma, having not repeated a year in high school, undertaking certain types of training, and delaying university entry by a year were conducive to persistence. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: College Attendance, Dropout Characteristics, Dropouts, Educational Background
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Janosz, Michel; LeBlanc, Marc; Boulerice, Bernard; Tremblay, Richard E. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1997
Predictors of school dropout and their stability over time were studied in 791 white French-speaking Canadian students aged 12 to 16 years in 1974 and 791 similar students in 1985 through self-administered questionnaires. School, family, behavioral, social, and personality variables predicted dropping out in both samples, and these predictors were…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Dropouts, Family Characteristics, Foreign Countries
Manitoba Dept. of Education and Training, Winnipeg. – 1993
Public schools in Manitoba (Canada) are encountering an increasing number of students who are considered to be educationally at risk. This paper addresses the provision of effective services relating to at-risk youth and the prevention of early school dropouts. The paper's first section covers the circumstances and conditions associated with early…
Descriptors: Criteria, Curriculum Enrichment, Dropouts, Early Intervention
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Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 1994
These 17 issues include feature articles and perspectives on the study of adult education, as well as book reviews/recensions of works related to adult education. Some articles are written in English, and some are written in French. Among the feature articles included are the following: "The Fifties: Pivotal Decade in Canadian Adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts