During the past several years the Phoenix Union High School has experienced a phenomenal decline in enrollment and a high dropout rate. To focus on enrollment statistics, number of dropouts, causes for dropping out, number of dropouts by race, percent of absences, and transfers, computerized data received from district high schools were analyzed.…

This summary of a 1983 report by ASPIRA of New York on the state of minority secondary education in New York focuses on the dropout problem in New York City's public high schools. The summary also includes additional background information and makes clear ASPIRA's official position on the dropout question. The summary begins by presenting an…

Principal-component factor analyses were performed on patient input (demographic and pretherapy expectations), therapist input (demographic), and patient perspective therapy process variables that significantly differentiated early dropout from nondropout outpatients at two community mental health centers. (Author)

This volume contains a comprehensive review and analysis of existing Australian research on early school leaving behavior, focusing on girls. Part One gives an overview of school leavers, and data on general trends are considered. Observable trends in school leaving statistics are examined from antecedents through the school leaving decision to…

TO INVESTIGATE STUDENTS' ABILITY TO COMPLETE FOUR YEARS OF COLLEGE WITHIN FOUR YEARS, 36,405 COLLEGE STUDENTS AT 246 INSTITUTIONS WERE POLLED BEFORE AND AFTER A FOUR YEAR INTERVAL. WHEN STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS WERE RELATED TO THEIR DROPOUT OR NONDROPOUT STATUS (DETERMINED BY THEIR SUCCESS IN COMPLETING FOUR YEARS WORK IN FOUR YEARS), IT WAS FOUND…

The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between life change and dropout behavior of adult continuing education students. The population used for the study consisted of 100 freshmen adult evening students at Tidewater Community College, Virginia. The adult students were divided into groups of low, medium, and high academic…

Data from a longitudinal study of freshmen at three California community colleges is presented. This project, the 3-D Project, views freshmen in three colleges on the basis of a construct formulated by Brawer called Functional Potential. Functionsl Potential is a hypothetical construct built on psychodynamic principles which describe the degree to…

This paper explores the relationship between: (1) premature withdrawal from high school, (2) entrance to college, and (3) several attitudinal, socioeconomic and demographic measures taken from a national probability sample of 5,225 young men interviewed in 1966 and again in 1967. Being over-age in grade in 1966 and at least 17 in 1967 strongly…

After a methodological critique of attrition-related research, factors associated with attrition in higher education are outlined. They include demographic, academic, motivational, personality, college environmental, financial, and health factors. Student reports of reasons for dropping out, the withdrawal procedure, and programs for dropout…

A review of data regarding minority dropout rates in secondary and postsecondary education points out these students' vulnerability to dropping out and suggests several possible remedies, including establishing programs aimed toward pregnant students, students with income needs, and students who are dissatisfied or unfamiliar with the educational…

The "Focus on Basics" serial concerns adult Learning and literacy. The eight short articles in this theme issue are all devoted to the topic of "learner motivation": (1) "Power, Literacy, and Motivation" (Greg Hart); (2) "The First Three Weeks: A Critical Time for Motivation" (B. Allan Quigley); (3) "Build Motivation by Building Learner…

The data tables and listings in this report provide secondary school dropout data at the state and district levels as a supplement to Secondary School Completion and Dropouts in Texas Public Schools, 1999-00. This supplement includes annual dropout rates calculated under the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) definition and rates…

The Texas Education Agency prepares an annual report on dropouts in Texas public schools. This report contains information on the annual dropout rate used in the accountability system and state attrition rates. It also includes a series of longitudinal secondary school completion/student status rates. Of the 1,818,940 students who attended grades…

Compared aptitude, vocational, and personality measures of high school dropouts with those of a normative population. Also studied the relative contribution of selected variables to achievement. Suggests that achievement motivation, social class, and the institutional impact of the school must be examined to identify reasons for academic failure.…

Much research has focused on the school dropout--the consequences of dropping out, dropout characteristics, and dropout rate. This paper takes a single community (Muncie, Indiana) and explores the reasons for the high school dropout rate at four different points in time: 1924, 1937, 1952, 1977. (KC)