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Learned, Jeanette – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2010
There are many factors which might cause a student to drop out of a course of study; some of these are preventable. This paper describes the piloting of a survey tool designed to identify students at risk of not completing. Attendance was found to be the strongest predictor of module completion; low or declining scores on the survey were also…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Potential Dropouts, Identification, Vocational Education
Vickers, Margaret; Lamb, Stephen; Hinkley, John – 2003
Data on the Y95 cohort (first interviewed in 1995 when in Year 9) of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth were analyzed to identify the effects of student employment on participation and attrition in secondary school and tertiary study and on young people's activities after secondary school. Working between 1 and 5 hours during Year 9 of…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Apprenticeships, Dropout Research, Dropouts