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Peer reviewedRose, Harriett A.; Elton, Charles F. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1971
Undecided freshmen persisting to college graduation were compared with undecided freshmen who left college by the end of their fourth quarter. At the time of their departure, 72 percent of the leavers were not in good academic standing; stayers had higher ACT scores than leavers. It was concluded that the undecided, though diverse, represent a…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Career Development, College Freshmen, College Students
Prestholdt, Perry H.; Fisher, Jack L. – 1983
To develop and test a theoretical model, based on the Theory of Reasoned Action (Fishbein and Ajzen, 1975), for understanding and predicting the decision to stay in or drop out of school, to identify the specific beliefs that are the basis of that decision, and to evaluate the use of moderator variables (sex, race) to individualize the model,…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Beliefs, Decision Making, Dropout Characteristics
