While attitude has long been recognized as a precursor to behavior, overt behavior does not consistently indicate attitude. To compare the attitudinal differences of successful students and potential high school dropouts toward teachers, education, parent/peers, and school behavior, 42 students in grades 9-12 completed the Demos D Scale. An…

Some research findings show that vocational education courses deter teenagers from dropping out of high school. Traits identified in potential dropouts by the research include being from a poverty-level home, having a lower intelligence score, and having a lower grade point average. These traits are shared with students in vocational education…

This publication provides statistical data about dropouts and graduates of the Iowa public schools for the year 1988, presented in the form of tables and graphs. These tables and graphs are included: (1) fiscal 1988 secondary school dropout rate compared by state enrollment categories and merged areas; (2) dropouts compared by gender for state…

This study presents an evaluation of a program in which the Austin (Texas) Independent School District's School-Community Guidance Center (SCGC) employed three project specialists to work with incorrigible and delinquent students at three locations: Travis County's Gardner House Detention Center and F. R. Rice High School and F. R. Rice Middle…

To give Congress the information it needs to make informed decisions about initiatives aimed at school dropouts, the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) has published a two-phase report: Phase 1, "School Dropouts: The Extent and Name of the Problem" (see ED 274 756), completed in 1986, provides information on the dropout rate, characteristics of…

The essential subject matter of this book is the college dropout problem. In a study of persisting and nonpersisting students, home and college environments were considered as well as personal and academic characteristics to determine if any of these areas were related significantly to the student's decision to leave or remain in college. The…

The complete research report is available from ERIC under the title of "Employment Status and Characteristics of High School Dropouts of High Ability, U.S. Office of Education contract OEC-5-85-029.

Abbreviated version of the atuhor's EdD dissertation (Boston University, School of Education, May 19, 1968).

THIS REPORT BY A CITYWIDE COMMITTEE DESCRIBES EXISTING PROGRAMS FOR POTENTIAL SCHOOL DROPOUTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT. AMONG THE EXISTING PROVISIONS ARE (1) REGULAR INSERVICE SESSIONS FOR TEACHERS IN AREAS WHERE THE DROPOUT RATE IS HIGH, (2) PERIODIC FACULTY MEETINGS, (3) A FACULTY COMMITTEE TO GIVE SOME DIRECTION IN…

THE AIM WAS TO DISCOVER WHAT KINDS OF PROBLEMS DROPOUTS FACE IN THE LABOR MARKET, THE KINDS OF TRAINING AND/OR GUIDANCE OF BENEFIT TO THEM AND WHETHER THE SCHOOL SYSTEM SHOULD PROVIDE SPECIAL TRAINING AND GUIDANCE FACILITIES. ONLY A FEW RESEARCH EFFORTS HAVE STUDIED IN DEPTH THE POST-DROPOUT EXPERIENCE OF SCHOOL-LEAVERS. FORTY-ONE BOY AND…

The document is a followup, report on dropouts from Dade County, Florida, public schools. It appears that the county's dropout rate is less than the national one. Findings are also presented in 25 tables and an appendix. This report is a follow-up of ED 001 704. (NH)

Is there an effective way to reduce freshman attrition at Duke University? If a group of freshman students preidentified as exit prone is provided with more advising time from a member of the ranked faculty, then the rate of attrition from this exit-prone group will be less than the attrition rate for the rest of the freshman cohort. Is there a…

Approximately half of the 7,000,000 students currently enrolled in college will fail to complete their education. This study investigates the causes of this high attrition rate by examining the records of 1,454 undergraduates who dropped out of Harvard College for various reasons over a 5-year period. Sources of the data were: (1) Registrar's…

The basic objective of this exploratory study was to attempt to locate specific areas of university life that might be related to undergraduate student attrition. During the 1972-73 academic year at the University of Miami, student satisfaction and dissatisfaction in 34 areas of University of Miami student life were examined (via four field…

The primary objective of the Three-Year Nor Cal Attrition Study was to demonstrate that community colleges could overcome the "revolving door" problem and help potential dropouts. It was further realized that the rich descriptive data base that Nor Cal had collected could be of use to the entire academic community. Although grand totals…