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Network Analysis of Early School Dropouts' Risk Factors in Italy
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Sacco, Chiara; Le Rose, Giuseppina – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2022
Early school leaving has profound implications at a socio-economic level and planning effective prevention programs within school is crucial for contrasting it. Based on the hypothesis that the dropout is the last step of a process that ends in the student's decision to leave school, we studied the interplay between multiple risk factors of school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dropouts, Dropout Attitudes, Intention
Student Persistence and Attrition in an Online M. S. Program: Implications for Program Design
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Waugh, Michael; Su-Searle, Jian – International Journal on E-Learning, 2014
This paper describes results from a case study that focuses on the initial implementation of a new, online instructional program, the WebIT M.S. in Instructional Technology, offered at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville during 2008-2010. Survey data were collected from two groups of students: a self-selected sample of those students who…
Descriptors: Program Design, Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Academic Persistence
A Portrait of a Tragedy: Research Findings on the Dropout.
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Beck, Lisa; Muia, Joseph A. – High School Journal, 1980
Reviews research on the characteristics of the dropout (relationships, socioeconomic status, attitudes, behavior, school performance); the economic and social costs of dropping out; and current efforts for dropout assistance or dropout prevention. (SJL)
Descriptors: Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs