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Mocetti, Sauro – Education Economics, 2012
The aim of this paper is to analyze the selection process at work before and after compulsory schooling by assessing the determinants of school failures, dropouts, and upper secondary school decisions of young Italians. The data-set is built combining individual data by the Labor Force Survey and aggregate data on local labor markets and school…
Descriptors: School Choice, Dropouts, Family Characteristics, Public Education
Mishel, Lawrence; Roy, Joydeep – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2007
Conventional wisdom claims a newly discovered dropout crisis in high schools. Jay Greene, of the Manhattan Institute, and Christopher Swanson, formerly with the Urban Institute, are primarily responsible for this claim, publishing reports showing these extraordinary high dropout rates nationwide, for the states, and for many specific school…
Descriptors: High School Students, Dropouts, Graduation Rate, Dropout Rate
Daley, Kathryn; Chamberlain, Chris – Youth Studies Australia, 2009
To help explain why some young people move from recreational drug use to substance abuse, twelve in-depth interviews were conducted with young people who had experienced problematic substance use. The data were supplemented by statistical data on 111 young people. The researchers found a variety of "structural" factors that help explain…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Homeless People, Drug Use, Young Adults
Conner, Evguenia; McKee, Jan – Principal Leadership, 2008
This article describes an action research at an alternative high school which explores drop-out prevention strategies with first-year students. Student retention is extremely challenging for alternative schools. Because their mission is to provide a second chance to students who could not succeed in a regular setting, those schools regularly must…
Descriptors: Action Research, Prevention, Academic Persistence, Statistical Data
Viadero, Debra – Education Week, 2004
This article reports on the central recommendation of the federal task force for a way to better handle dropout and graduation rates. Made up of 10 academics and government statisticians, the panel comprising the Task Force on Graduation, Completion, and Dropout Indicators was formed in the fall of 2003 to advise the U.S. Department of Education's…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Graduation Rate, Dropout Rate, Graduation
Friedman, Douglas L.; Kay, Nina W. – Engineering Education, 1990
Examines minority students' enrollment based on a national survey data. Describes students' background characteristics, college choice, engineering decision, financial need, college environment, and factors related to college success. Reports that commitment to the university, high school grade, SAT-mathematical score, and financial need were…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Credits, Dropouts, Engineering Education
Zay, Danielle – European Educational Research Journal, 2005
Statistics in European countries show the same trends, for example: social inclusion depends on inclusion in education, training or employment, and life chances are greatly improved if the level of qualifications is high; in all European countries, economic growth still leads to the existence of "pockets" of poverty and economic and…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Foreign Countries, Social Isolation, Comparative Analysis
Raywid, Mary Anne – Phi Delta Kappan, 2001
A youngster failing to thrive in one environment needs an alternative learning situation. Research shows that small, personalized schools offering authentic, engaging curricula are essential for reaching unsuccessful learners. The test-score craze can be contained by publicizing other numbers regarding consequences: absence rates, dropouts,…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Accountability, Attendance, Diversity (Student)