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Jin, Hyeongsuk; Su, Sophia; Castel, Sophie – Statistics Canada, 2022
Many factors impact one's ability to complete an apprenticeship program. According to the 2015 National Apprenticeship Survey, the most commonly stated reasons for not completing an apprenticeship program were job instability, receiving a better job offer and financial constraints. This survey also showed that apprentices who dropped out of their…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Dropouts, Stopouts, Withdrawal (Education)
Tennessee Board of Regents - The College System of Tennessee, 2022
More than 100,000 adults with some college but no degree (SCND) have reconnected with higher education at Tennessee community colleges over the past decade. However, only 21% graduated within three years of reconnecting. In Pathways to Success for Students with Some College, No Degree, the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) seeks to build a body of…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Reentry Students, Community College Students, Success
Shapiro, Doug; Dundar, Afet; Yuan, Xin; Harrell, Autumn T.; Wild, Justin C.; Ziskin, Mary B. – National Student Clearinghouse, 2014
Over the past 20 years, more than 31 million students have enrolled in college and left without receiving a degree or certificate. Almost one-third of this population had only a minimal interaction with the higher education system, having enrolled for just a single term at a single institution. Signature Report 7 examines the "some college,…
Descriptors: Enrollment, Educational Attainment, Higher Education, Outcomes of Education
Johnson, Nate; Bell, Alli – Lumina Foundation for Education, 2014
An estimated 46 million adults have some college education but have not completed their degrees. For many, especially those who have accumulated several years' worth of credits, the inability to finish college remains a frustration. If the United States is to achieve its ambitious education attainment goals, many more adults with such experience…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Educational Attainment, Higher Education, Academic Persistence
Finnie, Ross; Qiu, Theresa – Statistics Canada, 2009
This report provides new and unique empirical evidence on postsecondary education pathways in Atlantic Canada based on the data from the Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS). This study covers postsecondary students in public institutions at all levels of study--college, bachelor's, master's, Ph.D. and first professional degrees--with…
Descriptors: Student Records, Postsecondary Education, Foreign Countries, Student Mobility
Johnson County Community Coll., Overland Park, KS. Office of Institutional Research. – 1990
A study was conducted in summer 1990 to measure the educational goal attainment of students who were enrolled at Johnson County Community College (JCCC) during 1986-87, and who had not re-enrolled at the college since that time. Questionnaires requesting information on JCCC experiences and outcomes, level of satisfaction with JCCC, current…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Garcia, Rodolfo Z.; Thompson, Vinton – 1990
In 1988, a retrospective study was conducted at the City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) of the enrollment patterns of 1,521 students who graduated from the district in spring 1987. The study was designed to determine the length of time it took a sample of CCC graduates to receive a two-year degree. Data for the study were drawn from computerized and…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Associate Degrees, Attendance Patterns, College Attendance
Dillon, Paul H. – 1990
In 1990, a study was conducted of 1,912 students receiving associate in arts or associate in science degrees the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) in spring 1989 to determine the length of time taken to graduate. Data for the study were gathered from spring 1989 graduates' district transcript records which contained enrollment dates…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Associate Degrees, Attendance Patterns, College Attendance
Johnson County Community Coll., Overland Park, KS. Office of Institutional Research. – 1990
In 1990, a follow-up study was conducted of 1986-87 Johnson County Community College (JCCC) career program completers to assess their career and educational experiences over an extended period of time. Data from 128 returned mail surveys and 166 completed telephone interviews represented responses from 86.2% of the 462 students who left JCCC with…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment