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Download full textAscher, Carol; Schwartz, Wendy – 1987
Determining how many students drop out of school and why they leave is not easy. The definition of a "dropout" varies from school district to school district, and the mobility of students makes counting them accurately nearly impossible. In an effort to define dropouts in a way that can be applied uniformly across the country, a…
Descriptors: Definitions, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate
Texas State Council on Vocational Education, Austin. – 1988
It is the position of the Texas Council on Vocational Education that students at high risk of dropping out of school need an instructional approach that is comprehensive, individualized, and caring. Vocational education provides an important learning alternative that can serve as a powerful component of dropout prevention and recovery programs. In…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Educational Needs
McClung, Jacquetta J.; And Others – 1988
This study identifies factors associated with black undergraduate students who graduated and those who withdrew from Clemson University (South Carolina), a predominantly white, rural university. The sample consisted of all (838) black undergraduates who had graduated or withdrawn from Clemson after 1979. The study examined student history data…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Black Education, Black Students, College Graduates
Howard, William; And Others – 1983
A study was conducted at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) to determine why students withdrew from courses at two off-campus centers. Surveys were administered to a sample of 54 degree credit and 46 continuing education students who withdrew from classes at Hawthorne Center (HC) in fall 1981, and to 56 degree credit and 44 continuing education…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Continuing Education, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Research
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. – 1985
This report, compiled by the North Carolina State Board of Education's Office for Dropout Prevention, provides dropout data, reasons for students' dropping out of school, and approaches for keeping students in school until successful completion of their education. Facts and figures for dropout rates of high school and the extended day school…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Attendance, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate
Ascher, Carol; Flaxman, Erwin – 1987
This paper reviews the literature on urban school dropouts and the experiences of superintendents in attempting to lower the dropout rate. The paper is divided into two major sections. Part I examines how a mixture of societal, community, family and other influences increase the chances that an at-risk student will experience little success in…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate
Phillips, Kathleen R. – 1985
Wisconsin junior and senior high schools enroll approximately 500 children of migrant agricultural workers each year, but performance data shows that in 1982-83 twelfth grade service to migrant students was only 17% of the first grade figure. Problems which contribute to the high dropout rate of junior and senior migrant students in Wisconsin…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Educational Needs
Aquila, Frank D. – 1985
This report identifies the nature and extent of the dropout problem nationally and its extent and cause at the Kansas City, Missouri, Vocational-Technical (Vo-Tech) Center. Section One, an examination of the national dropout problem, is an extensive literature review. Deficiencies in secondary vocational programs are investigated. Suggestions to…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Vocational Education, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research
Larkin, Paul G. – 1977
In this study of student attrition rates at Prince George's Community College, three indicators were analyzed: (1) term-to-term attrition, (2) within-term attrition, and (3) course "inefficiency" (failure). Data from 1972-73 through 1976-77 indicated that fall to spring attrition (term-to-term) was approximately 34%. Spring to fall averaged 47%,…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Community Colleges, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research
Wheeler, Linda; Finley, Mary Jane – 1980
In an effort to decrease the dropout rate, the Phoenix Union High School District investigated the dropout problem to identify background factors, school/training and job opportunities, and student experiences and opinions. Other local school districts were surveyed by telephone to determine their dropout rates and programs. Representatives of…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Goodrich, Andrew – 1979
This paper recommends new strategies in the use of data in monitoring enrollment distribution, retention, and graduation rates of minority students in predominantly white colleges. Surveys of current literature show there are three significant questions: (1) Who drops out? (2) Why do they drop out? and (3) How can the overall dropout rate be…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Computer Oriented Programs, Dropout Characteristics
WAX, ROSALIE H. – 1967
THE AMERICAN INDIAN SUBCULTURE, AS REPRESENTED IN THIS STUDY BY THE SIOUX OF THE PINE RIDGE RESERVATION IN SOUTH DAKOTA, EXPERIENCES PROBLEMS WITH ITS YOUTHS' BECOMING HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS. MANY OF THE REASONS FOR THIS PROBLEM PARALLEL THE PROBLEMS OF OTHER AMERICAN MINORITIES, NAMELY, (1) DISSIMILARITY BETWEEN THE VALUES OF THE MINORITY…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), American Indians, Cultural Differences, Cultural Isolation
Willner, Eric – 1979
The purpose of this research project was to identify potential dropouts among entering freshmen at Kingsborough Community College (KCC) and some of the characteristics that might be related to the decision to leave college prior to earning the associate degree. Results of a survey of the Fall 1978 incoming freshmen provided descriptive data…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, College Freshmen, Community Colleges, Dropout Characteristics
PDF pending restorationBaker, Roger G. – 1977
The psychological profiles of leaving and persisting students at a small rural community college in Utah were investigated. Subjects were 316 freshmen students, 41.1% of the Fall 1976 class, who were administered the Bipolar Psychological Inventory. Profiles of students leaving the college during the following year were compared to the profiles of…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), College Students, Community Colleges, Dropout Characteristics
Dallas, Gladys E. – 1971
Phase III, the development and testing of experimental programs to reduce the rate of student attrition, of the Northern California Cooperative Research Project (NORCAL) on Student Attrition is reported upon. Phase I of the program was the description and identification of characteristics associated with attrition among Junior College students…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Counseling Effectiveness
