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The Invisible Student: A Longitudinal Study of the Beginning Freshman Class of 1963 at the University of New Mexico.
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Winther, Sven F.; And Others – 1969
The 1963 Freshman class at the University of New Mexico was studied through June, 1968, for performance patterns in relation to overall performance, high school grade-point average, male-female, Spanish surnames and non-Spanish surnames. In addition to university furnished data, questionnaires were submitted to a stratified random sample of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Dropouts
The NELS:88 Second Follow-Up Field Test Report. Volume 2.
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Dowd, Kathryn L.; And Others – 1991
The Second Follow-Up Field Test (SFUFT) of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) was conducted in 1990 and 1991 by the National Opinion Research Center and the Educational Testing Service. The SFUFT evaluated free response items (FRIs) for possible inclusion in the Second Follow-Up Main Study (SFUMS) and tested survey…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, Dropouts, Field Tests, Followup Studies
Student Attrition at the Five Federal Service Academies. Departments of Defense, Commerce, and Transportation. Report to the Congress by the Comptroller General of the United States. Enclosure A. Technical Report.
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Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1976
The first and principal enclosure of the study of attrition at the five federal service academies provides a detailed, technically-oriented account of the methods, procedures, findings, and interpretations of the General Accounting Office's study. The study involved extensive surveys of more than 20,000 current and former students. The survey…
Descriptors: College Students, Dropouts, Enrollment Influences, Graduate Surveys
Foreign Language Dropouts: Problems and Solutions. An Examination of the Reasons Why Students Do Not Continue Foreign Language Instruction and a List of Suggested Solutions to the Problem.
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Torres, Edgardo E.; And Others – 1970
This comprehensive investigation into the reasons behind the crucial problem of the student dropout in foreign language programs focuses on seven interrelated areas. These are: (1) student, (2) teacher, (3) administration, (4) counselor, (5) parent, (6) community, and (7) teacher training. A fault-tree analysis of the dropout problem provides a…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Community Attitudes, Counselor Attitudes, Dropout Attitudes
National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972. Differences Between High School Graduates and Dropouts in Participation Patterns and Response Quality in Survey Studies.
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Peng, Samuel S.; And Others – 1977
A group of high school self-reported dropouts and a group of simulated high school dropouts were compared with graduates in their participation rates, efforts required for data collection, and the overall quality of their responses in the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972. The results indicate that dropouts are less…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Dropouts
Nonreturning Students Data Summary--1976-77. Tex-SIS Follow-up; Postsecondary Student Follow-up Management Information System. Monograph 10.
Hall, Toni; Reed, Jim – 1979
A total of 2,782 nonreturning occupational and transfer students responded to a series of surveys conducted by 13 Texas community colleges during fall 1977 as part of the Tex-SIS (Student Information System) Follow-up System. Information on college majors, educational goals, reasons for not re-enrolling, satisfaction with college experience,…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Community Colleges, Dropouts, Educational Background