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Direct linkKim, Kyung-Nyun – Education and Urban Society, 2015
This study investigated the relation between building human capital of former dropouts and their occupational standing and the interaction effects with individual characteristics. By applying the growth curve model, this study highlighted the factors that lead high school dropouts to enhance their occupational standing. An increment in the work…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research, Investigations
Stout, Karen E.; Christenson, Sandra L. – Prevention Researcher, 2009
Students' engagement at school has emerged as a critical factor across hundreds of dropout prevention and recovery programs in the United States. By supporting and improving academic, behavioral, cognitive, and emotional engagement, we can mitigate the risk of dropping out. This article describes the history of school dropout, predictors of…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Learner Engagement, High School Graduates, Graduation Rate
Peer reviewedGruber, Frederick H. – Journal of Intergroup Relations, 1990
Reviews dropout characteristics; identifies the components of an overall dropout prevention approach; and describes the role of legislation, school administration, and public-private collaboratives in developing dropout prevention strategies. Emphasizes the use of public and private resources to improve the opportunities of the disadvantaged. (FMW)
Descriptors: Black Students, Cooperative Programs, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Beacham, Herbert C. – 1980
Although Florida law requires job placement and follow-up services for all students graduating or leaving the school system, there is a lack of understanding about contributing causes and possible solutions to the problem of high school dropouts. To gather information to develop an innovative program to reach dropouts and potential dropouts, 282…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research
Cinal, Terry Lynn – 1982
This document reviews the literature on elementary and secondary school dropouts and notes the effects and possible solutions to the dropout problem. Statistical findings about dropouts from the 1960's to the present are presented along with methods of predicting who the dropouts will be. Dropout characteristics, including psychological, social,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Annotated Bibliographies, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Download full textSutherland, Maura B.; MacMillan, Robert C. – 2001
This paper reviews research on best practices for preventing students with mild disabilities from dropping out of high school. Findings from the literature review indicate there is a consensus among the researchers that warning signs for school dropout among students with mild disabilities include: poor attendance, academic difficulties,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
