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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
Adelman, Melissa A.; Székely, Miguel – European Journal of Educational Research, 2017
School dropout is a growing concern in Central America, and in Latin America as a whole, because of its consequences for economic productivity, the inclusiveness of growth, social cohesion, and increasing youth risks. This paper utilizes more than two decades of household survey data to construct a systematic overview of school dropout at the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dropouts, Dropout Rate, Potential Dropouts

Howard, Mary Ann Powell; Anderson, Richard J. – Child Welfare, 1978
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Literature Reviews
BURKE, NELSON S.; SIMONS, ALFRED F. – 1964
A CLUSTER OF EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES WAS SOUGHT WHICH WAS COMMON TO A SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION OF THE YOUTH AT THE LORTON YOUTH CENTER OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. THESE EXPERIENCES WERE POSTULATED AS CAUSAL FACTORS IN DROPOUTS, DELINQUENCY, AND EVENTUAL INCARCERATION. DATA PRETAINING TO EDUCATIONAL OR EDUCATIONAL-RELATED…
Descriptors: Delinquency Causes, Delinquency Prevention, Dropout Research, Educational Experience
Boshier, Roger – Adult Education, 1972
Described are the items, format, factor structure, and application of a 23 item Semantic Differential type Dropout Prediction Scale. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research, Potential Dropouts

Whiteley, Sonia – Journal of College Student Retention, 2003
This survey of Australian college students provides support for an alternative explanation of attrition for a specific group of university students: students who planned to withdraw from their original program of study after facilitating entry to another undergraduate degree. (EV)
Descriptors: College Students, Dropout Research, Foreign Countries, Higher Education

Sexton, Porter W. – Journal of Educational Equity and Leadership, 1985
Dropout statistics for Portland, Oregon, high schools reveal that the schools themselves, and the assignment of students to specific schools, may be more important than previously thought in determining dropout rates. Thus, programs in the high schools and open transfer provisions may be cost-effective means of providing for needs of potential…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research, High Schools, Institutional Characteristics
Bachman, Jerald G.; And Others – Today's Education, 1972
Excerpted from Youth in Transition, Volume 3: Dropping Out -Problem or Symptom?" (Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1971). Discusses the results of a nationwide research study set up to distinguish between causes and effects of a group of tenth grade boys who did or did not become dropouts. Professional…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Delinquency, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
DeGracie, James S.; And Others – 1974
To determine whether needed components of the career education program were directed toward the potential Mesa school dropouts, a study was made of their characteristics. Samples used were an exhaustive sample of the 431 dropouts of the 1972-1973 school year and a random sample of the 1973-1974 potential dropouts (those students over age 16 or…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research
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

Cunningham, Claude H.; And Others – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1977
The construct validity for potential high school dropouts (N=252) of Holland's theory of vocational choice as measured by the Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI) was studied. Results indicate Holland's theory is appropriate for potential high school dropouts and by implication, for other high school students. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research, High School Students
Colorado State General Assembly, Denver. Legislative Council. – 1998
This report outlines strategies, developed by a state-legislative committee, for reducing the dropout rate in Colorado. The committee also investigated alternative methods of completing a high-school education program and ways of stressing the importance of education to Colorado youth. To gather information, testimonies provided by students,…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research, Educational Legislation, High Risk Students

Friedenberg, Joan E. – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 1999
Disadvantaged Mexican dropouts aged 16-22 (n=25) and 25 Hispanic elementary students completed dropout-prediction instruments. Elementary students were unable to consider their future and self-report was not viable for them. Among dropouts, pregnancy and moving around were salient predictors. Modifications of the instruments were recommended. (SK)
Descriptors: Children, Disadvantaged, Dropout Research, Hispanic Americans
Gaustad, Joan – 1991
An overview of issues and problems in identifying and predicting dropouts is presented in this Digest. The topics discussed are as follows: factors associated with dropping out; defining and calculating dropouts; problems in prediction; the usefulness of current prediction models; and suggestions for improving prediction. The recommendation is…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Smith, David Lawson – 1994
The methods and formula developed by the National Center for Education Statistics for the collection of dropout counts and the formula have been topics of some discussion among various states, including Nevada, and especially Arizona. This paper highlights, from a state's perspective, some of the conceptual, methodological, and statistical…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Elementary Secondary Education