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Mery, Pamela M. – 2001
This survey analyzes the characteristics of students who dropped all of their classes at City College of San Francisco (CCSF) before the college's census date. The survey finds that students who drop all of their classes are similar to students who remain enrolled, yet tend to be older, to hold a college-level degree, and to hold at least one…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Dropouts, Adult Students, Attendance
Flaherty, Toni; Lucas, John A. – 1989
Since 1974, William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) has conducted 12 surveys of students who dropped out after one or more semesters of attendance without having accumulated 48 credit hours. Each spring and fall from fall 1974 to spring 1987, students who had attended WRHC the previous term, but who were not enrolled for the current term, were…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Dropout Characteristics, Dropouts
Meltesen, C.; Lucas, J. – 1993
A study was conducted at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) of 400 students who had attended WRHC in fall 1990 but failed to enroll in the subsequent term. The sample was divided into two groups: students who had completed fewer than 16 credit hours and those who had completed more than 16 but less than 48 credit hours. All of the stopouts were…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Dropout Characteristics