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Chesters, Jenny; Watson, Louise – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2016
The expansion of the higher education sector in Australia opened up new pathways into university increasing the diversity of the student population. For non-traditional students, those who did not successfully complete secondary school, barriers to gaining entry into university have been dismantled, however, previous research suggests that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Academic Achievement, Student Attrition
Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement, 2009
Across the nation, school policymakers are grappling with what to do about the increasing numbers of students who do not advance beyond ninth grade. National estimates put the student attrition rate before tenth grade at between 11 and 33 percent, and only about 70 percent of ninth graders make it to graduation. This policy brief focuses on one…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Summer Programs, Grade 9, Student Attrition