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McCoy, Kay R. – 1988
In 1988, a telephone survey was conducted of students at Prince George's Community College (PGCC) who were enrolled in fall 1987, but who were not registered for spring 1988. The purposes of the study were to ascertain students' reasons for not returning to PGCC and to determine what the college could have done to influence the non-returning…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, College Attendance, Community Colleges, Dropout Prevention
Sween, Joyce; And Others – 1987
This study focuses on school system characteristics that affect the dropout rate in the Chicago public high schools. Although the primary variable for investigation is attendance rate, other school system variables examined include type of school, percentage of low-income students in a school, and the overall level of student ability for a school…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Attendance Patterns, Attendance Records, Disadvantaged Youth