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Discontinuities in Schooling and Educational Attainment.
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Robertshaw, Dianne; Wolfle, Lee M. – Higher Education, 1983
Using a structural equation model of educational attainment, a study extends and supports previous investigations of educational discontinuities among American White and Black males and females by using data from a national longitudinal study. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Bound Students, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research
High School Seniors and High School Dropouts: An Evaluation of Life Cycle Bias in the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972.
Kobrin, Frances – 1981
The National Longitudinal Study (NLS) of the High School Class of 1972 is a large scale study providing information on high school students as they mature to adulthood. The NLS refers to high school seniors, excluding those who drop out. The study is potentially biased toward more educated students. The analysis was based on 1972 Current…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Demography, Dropout Research, Dropouts
National Longitudinal Study. Withdrawal from Institutions of Higher Education. An Appraisal with Longitudinal Data Involving Diverse Institutions.
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Fetters, William B. – 1977
Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972, the National Center for Education Statistics undertook a study of dropouts in higher education. Specifically, the study was designed to discover: (1) to what extent students withdraw from institutions of higher education before completion, and how these rates might…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, College Students, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate