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Hartford Public Schools, CT. – 1987
Whereas the nationwide dropout rate is 27 percent, in Hartford, Connecticut, 39 percent of high school students do not graduate. This factor limits residents' employability in the city's expanding economy. The problem is especially serious among Hispanic students, who comprise 39 percent of Hartford's high school population and account for 47…
Descriptors: Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate, High Risk Students, High Schools
Download full textSchneider, Lawrence J.; Burson, Larry E. – 1988
Considerable research has focused on counselor variables related to clients' willingess to continue in psychotherapy. Investigators have studied the effects of a variety of factors influencing counseling dropouts, including administrative policies, client characteristics, and therapist characteristics. This study examined willingness to return as…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), College Students, Counseling, Dropout Attitudes
Copeland, Large Lee – 1976
A comprehensive review of an NIMH study which examined "institutional racial climate" was used to detect trends and patterns of the colleges surveyed in this dissertation. The main purpose of this study was to explore the causes of black attrition at predominantly white institutions of higher education. An open-ended 79 variable questionnaire was…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Doctoral Dissertations
Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. Community Coll. System. – 1976
As part of a longitudinal study of student progress through the Hawaii Community College System, a survey was conducted of the 2,425 fall 1975 entering students who had discontinued their registration after one semester. The 2,425 students surveyed represented 27 percent of the 1975 entering class of 8,979. After the initial mailing and a…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Educational Objectives
Haas, Patricia – 1974
This study determined the reasons that students who were classified as sophomores and juniors in the spring 1972 semester failed to return to Indiana University at South Bend for the fall 1973 semester. A review of the literature and a survey adapted from one used by Grossman College indicates: (1) Recreational facilities and vocational and…
Descriptors: College Students, Counseling, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Roomkin, Myron – 1970
Preparation for employment and improved economic status are the primary objectives of vocational education for high school dropouts. To accomplish these objectives, greater knowledge is needed concerning the participation, characteristics, and motivation of those dropouts who participate in vocational education. Of an estimated 14,258 Wisconsin…
Descriptors: Demography, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Economic Factors
Militello, Ronald – 1969
Project H.E.L.P. is a promise to youth that we do care and that we will show we do. However, in innovating a program for dropouts, many concerns arise, as more difficulties arise. These areas of concern are: (1) the widespread adoption of the innovation which could take place only with the backing and support of the school board and administrative…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Projects, Student Projects
Osegard, Donald E. – 1969
The central purpose of this study was to determine if the quantity of certain high school subjects had significant relationship to academic success or failure of male students at Stout State University. Also studied were high school rank-in-class and the American College Test (ACT) standard composite scores. The following hypotheses were stated in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Preparation, College Students, Curriculum
East, Leon; And Others – 1968
Over a four year period, the Continuation Education System Development Project will develop a practical instructional system capable of continuous identification and efficient response to the critical instructional needs of individual continuation high school students, or those who drop out or are pushed out, in La Puente, California. The first…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Continuation Education, Continuation Students, Dropout Programs
Cohen, Arthur M.; Brawer, Florence B. – 1970
A compilation of selected research on students in higher education is presented along with a review of two studies on personality and demographic characteristics of junior college students. The personality study was designed to identify potential dropouts, and the demographic study was used to measure heterogeneity and homogeneity among junior…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, College Freshmen, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research
Gell, Robert L.; And Others – 1974
Students' reasons for leaving Montgomery College after one semester, dropout trends, current activities of nonreturnees, and the impact that the one semester had on their careers or course of action were elicited by questionnaires mailed to 389 students. A total of 120 usable questionnaires were returned. The data collected showed that: (1) the…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Community Colleges, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Research
Blanchfield, W. C. – 1971
This article presents a summary of some research on a statistical approach to identifying potentially successful and dropout students in a college population. The technique utilized is Multiple Discriminant Analysis (MDA). MDA eliminates the shortcomings of regression-correlation and uses only quantifiable information. The 2 variables that proved…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Students, Discriminant Analysis, Dropout Characteristics
Franklin, David S. – 1972
California established its Work Incentive (WIN) Program to help enrollees earn an income sufficient to free them and their families from dependency on welfare. In evaluating the effectiveness of the program, this study sought to determine why enrollees terminate prematurely from their program and discontinue their employability plans. The study…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropouts, Family Characteristics, Job Training
MATTHEWS, CHARLES V.; AND OTHERS – 1966
A CURRICULUM GUIDE WAS PREPARED FOR A DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM (ED 010 332) WITH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO WERE CONSIDERED POTENTIAL DROPOUTS. SELECTION WAS ON THE BASES OF (1) INTELLIGENCE, (2) READING ACHIEVEMENT, (3) GENERAL ACHIEVEMENT, (4) SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, AND (5) SCHOOL ADJUSTMENT. MAJOR EMPHASIS WAS ON PROVIDING THE STUDENTS WITH A SENSE…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Delinquency Prevention, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
MATTHEWS, CHARLES V.; ROAM, JOHN E. – 1966
A DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM WAS CONDUCTED WITH SLOW-LEARNING, SOCIALLY ALIENATED STUDENTS (POTENTIAL DROPOUTS). FULL-TIME CLASSES WERE ESTABLISHED FOR GRADES 7 TO 12, CONTAINING SPECIAL LEARNING UNITS IN LANGUAGE ARTS, SOCIAL STUDIES, ARITHMETIC, SCIENCE, INDUSTRIAL ARTS, HOME ECONOMICS, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, AND WORK EXPERIENCE. THE CURRICULUM CONTENT…
Descriptors: Delinquency Prevention, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
