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Johnson, Deborah Hazel; And Others – 1982
The results of the first semester's work of the Withdrawal Office of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, are presented in four reports. A brief historical overview and introduction by Deborah Hazel Johnson describes the objectives of implementing a withdrawal procedure, the purposes of the Withdrawal Office, and procedures that were used…
Descriptors: Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Higher Education, Institutional Research
Andrechak, Michael; Walsh, E. Michael – 1978
A study of 215 inactive students (1973 to the end of the summer semester 1977) of the School of Technical Careers (STC) Baccalaureate Program was conducted to answer three questions: (1) How do inactive students differ from graduates?; (2) Why did they leave the Baccalaureate Program?; and (3) What have they done since leaving the program? Major…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research
Download full textDrane, H. Tupper – 1971
Project Stay is a demonstration project of the St. Louis Public Schools, funded under Title VIII of Public Law 90-247, with several programs concentrating on reducing the number of dropouts. The project has the purpose of identifying students who are potential dropouts, determining their individual needs, and developing programs to meet those…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Curriculum Development, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics
Franklin, Cynthia; And Others – 1988
This study evaluated the effectiveness of an educational and treatment program for high school dropouts initiated by a private alternative school contracting with a graduate school of social work. The Cassata Program, a joint effort by the Cassata Learning Center and the University of Texas at Arlington, was designed to improve students' academic…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics
Becker, William J.; Bender, Ralph E. – 1968
To identify the characteristics of students in the four technical agriculture programs in Ohio and to determine the association between selected student characteristics, success in the program, and later success in the world of work, data were collected from the cumulative records of 246 students, a student survey of current enrollment, 70…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Technicians, Doctoral Dissertations, Dropout Attitudes
Gaj, Patricia – 1969
Student opinion of junior college English programs is reflected in this analysis of a questionnaire completed by students who had been enrolled in freshman English classes at nine junior colleges. Comparisons are drawn between dropout and sophomore responses, and between humanities-social science-service (HSS) and science-math-technology (SMT)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Course Evaluation, Dropout Attitudes
Wetzel, Susan – 1977
In order to determine (1) characteristics of non-returning students, (2) reasons for attrition, and (3) student evaluation of Delaware County Community College (DCCC), questionnaires were mailed to all full and part-time students who attended the winter 1976 term but who did not register for the fall 1976 term. Drawn from 405 responses,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Langsdorf, Michael; Gibboney, Richard A. – 1977
Efforts of the Career Intern Program (CIP) to help urban youth get a basic education and further training or a paying job, are described in this report, written for the educator or school board member interested in a program combining basic and career education for high school youth who are not succeeding in regular schools (dropouts or those…
Descriptors: Administrators, Admission Criteria, Career Development, Career Education
