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Melisa Diaz Lema; Melvin Vooren; Marta Cannistrà; Chris van Klaveren; Tommaso Agasisti; Ilja Cornelisz – Studies in Higher Education, 2024
Study success in Higher Education is of primary importance in the European policy agenda. Yet, given the diverse educational landscape across countries and institutions, more coordinated action is needed to gain a more solid knowledge of the dropout phenomenon. This study aims to gain a better insight into students' dropout based on an integrated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dropout Research, College Students, Dropouts
Dudley, Gerald O. – 1971
This study was undertaken to determine whether differences in characteristics exist between public school dropouts and graduates. The need for such a study is indicated by the fact that dropouts are finding it more difficult to achieve success in most life ventures. A random sampling from 304 school systems in Indiana produced twenty school…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Weber, James M. – 1988
Many students who enter public schools leave without achieving what has become the expected minimum level of educational attainment, a high school diploma. The purpose of this study was to contribute to existing dropout-prevention research by identifying and validating reliable decision rules for differentiating actual dropouts from high school…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research, High School Students
Bachman, Jerald; And Others – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 1972
Article asks the question Should the Anti-Dropout Campaign" be Curtailed? Suggests that dropping out of high school is overrated as a problem. (Author)
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Shank, Jacqueline A.; McCracken, J. David – 1993
A study described the nontraditional adult students attending full-time, occupationally specific vocational training programs in Ohio. It also developed a dropout prediction model of enrolled students using sets of independent variables adapted from the Conceptual Model of Nontraditional Student Attrition and Persistence in Postsecondary…
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education, Dropout Research
Jha, LaDeane R. – 1991
A study examined the variables affecting individuals' decisions to discontinue attendance in or complete their adult basic education (ABE) program. The study sample consisted of 2,323 students enrolled in an ABE program through an urban community college in the Midwest over a 2-year period. Data were derived from student records and program…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Adult Basic Education, At Risk Persons
Spencer, Edwin C. – 1977
The Norfolk, Virginia, city school system had the highest secondary school dropout rate in the State for the 1975-76 academic year. In the study discussed in this paper student dropouts are described from data in their academic files. The wish is expressed that by characterizing dropout prone students, something can be done to save them before…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Agency Role, Dropout Characteristics
Curtis, Jonathan; And Others – 1983
Secondary school students who drop out of school are put at great social and economic disadvantage. If potential dropouts can be identified early, prevention may be possible. To construct a prediction model which, through readily available school information, will aid in the identification of students likely to drop out, schools in the Austin,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research
McGuire, Michael D. – 1986
The hierarchical clustering technique was used to differentiate college dropouts from persisters, and to determine how student clusters differ from one another on relevant outcome variables. Subjects were 618 freshmen who entered a community college with the intention of completing a two-year associate degree. There were 432 persisters who…
Descriptors: Cluster Analysis, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research, Factor Structure
Parkinson, Kevin J.; And Others – 1987
A study examined the difficulties encountered by first-year, part-time Technical and Further Education (TAFE) students that cause them to consider withdrawing from, and in many cases, dropping out of their TAFE programs. Questionnaires were administered to 4,150 early withdrawers (persons who dropped out between January 1 and May 16, 1986), 2,940…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, Dropout Characteristics
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
Sandusky, Sam T. – 1987
A study was conducted at Sacramento City College (California) to determine the possibility of identifying high-risk students from information available from applications, assessment results, transcripts, and college enrollment data. Fall 1985 grade point averages (GPA) and progress percentages were used for high or low risk determination. Study…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research, Enrollment Influences
Wall, Mary; And Others – 1996
Beginning in 1992, Atlantic Community College, in New Jersey, conducted a 4-semester study to determine which factors resulted in student attrition and whether the factors that affected retention changed during the study period. The study population included 119 degree-seeking students who entered in January 1992 and who took the state's basic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Dropout Research

Alexander, Karl L.; Entwisle, Doris R.; Horsey, Carrie S. – Sociology of Education, 1997
Presents the results of a study that tracked the educational progress of a group of first graders from 1982 to 1996. Examines the children's personal qualities, first-grade experiences, and family circumstances as precursors to dropping out in high school. Identifies dropping out as a long-term process of disengagement. (MJP)
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Educational Attainment
Barker, Lawrence W.; Mink, Oscar G. – 1968
The Mink Scale is designed to differentiate between potential dropout and non-dropout students at the junior high school level. Items of the scale represent social, psychological, and educational factors established in previous dropout studies. A pilot study in five Appalachian counties compared scale responses for 189 (dropouts) former students…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Discipline, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research
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