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From Departure to Arrival: Re-Engaging Students Who Have Withdrawn from University
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Harvey, Andrew; Szalkowicz, Giovanna – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2017
Despite institutional strategies to prevent student withdrawal, attrition remains a concern across higher education sectors in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia. In the case of Australian universities, attrition rates have remained consistently high since 2002. Some level of attrition is inevitable, but universities can influence…
Descriptors: Reentry Students, Withdrawal (Education), Nontraditional Students, Student Attrition
Grade Repetition and Primary School Dropout in Uganda
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Kabay, Sarah – Harvard Educational Review, 2016
Research on education in low-income countries rarely focuses on grade repetition. When addressed, repetition is typically presented along with early school dropout as the "wasting" of educational resources. Simplifying grade repetition in this way often fails to recognize significant methodological concerns and also overlooks the unique…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade Repetition, Primary Education, Elementary School Students
Spirit of Inquiry of Out-of-School Youth in Rural Southern Tanzania: How Formal Schooling Shapes Receptivity of New Information to Improve Their Livelihoods
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Roberts, Daniel M.; McFalls, Douglas; Brown, Alisha M. B.; Msilanga, Philipo Lulale – World Journal of Education, 2015
Objective: Most youth in Sub-Saharan Africa are not enrolled in school. Although more youth are enrolling in school, they are increasingly less likely to complete their primary and secondary schooling. Similarly to many other African nations, Tanzania has an estimated out-of-school population of 49% of youth despite massive post-millennium…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Out of School Youth, Qualitative Research, Semi Structured Interviews
The CUNY Fatherhood Academy: A Qualitative Evaluation. Research Report
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McDaniel, Marla; Simms, Margaret C.; Monson, William; de Leon, Erwin – Urban Institute, 2015
Knowing the economic challenges young fathers without postsecondary education face in providing for their families, New York City's Young Men's Initiative launched a fatherhood program housed in LaGuardia Community College in spring 2012. The CUNY Fatherhood Academy (CFA) aims to connect young fathers to academic and employment opportunities while…
Descriptors: Fathers, Urban Areas, Parent Education, Community Colleges
The CUNY Fatherhood Academy: A Qualitative Evaluation. Executive Summary
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McDaniel, Marla; Simms, Margaret C.; Monson, William; de Leon, Erwin – Urban Institute, 2015
Knowing the economic challenges young fathers without postsecondary education face in providing for their families, New York City's Young Men's Initiative launched a fatherhood program housed in LaGuardia Community College in spring 2012. The CUNY Fatherhood Academy (CFA) aims to connect young fathers to academic and employment opportunities while…
Descriptors: Fathers, Urban Areas, Parent Education, Community Colleges
Gender Differentials and Sustainable Learning Environments
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Mahlomaholo, Sechaba M. G. – South African Journal of Education, 2011
The centrality of quality education provisioning for all towards a better and socially just life is acknowledged globally. To date, however, there are still skewed gender differentials unfavourable to girls, thus impeding gender equality. In this paper I report on the reasons for leaving school early cited by out-of-school girls in North-West…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Sustainability, Educational Environment, Foreign Countries