INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS, AS DO MOST DROPOUT STUDIES, THIS ONE (1) CONSIDERS SPECIFIC INSTITUTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF GRADING PRACTICES, (2) ANALYZES THESE PRACTICES WITHIN A GIVEN TERM INSTEAD OF OVER SEVERAL YEARS, AND (3) BROADENS THE DEFINITION OF ATTRITION TO INCLUDE BOTH FAILURE AND WITHDRAWAL. IT ATTEMPTS TO IDENTIFY…

THIS SURVEY, PREPARED TO DISCOVER HOW TO REDUCE STUDENT DROPOUT RATES, FOUND THE FOLLOWING GENERAL AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT DISSATISFACTION--(1) PERSONAL COUNSELING AND ACADEMIC ADVISEMENT, (2) INSTRUCTION IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES, ENGLISH, AND BUSINESS, AND (3) STUDENT ACTIVITIES. OTHER, LESS CRITICAL AREAS NEEDING IMPROVEMENT WERE ALSO DISCLOSED. TABLES…

A REVIEW OF 16 INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH REPORTS IN THE CLEARINGHOUSE FOR JUNIOR COLLEGE INFORMATION INDICATES THE TYPE OF EFFORTS BEING MADE BY JUNIOR COLLEGES TO REDUCE THEIR NUMBERS OF DROPOUTS. QUESTIONNAIRE STUDIES, ANALYSIS OF STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS, AND ADJUSTMENT OF INSTITUTIONAL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ARE TYPICAL PRACTICES. INSTITUTIONAL…

RESEARCH ON SCHOOL DROPOUTS IS HANDICAPPED IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS--DEFINITION OF THE DROPOUT POPULATION, INCONSISTENT METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION, INADEQUATE RESEARCH DESIGNS, COMMUNITY VARIATION, VARIATION IN TYPE OF DROPOUT, AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROCESS OF DROPPING OUT. DROPOUT GROUPS SHOULD BE CLEARLY DEFINED, AND VARIATION IN THESE GROUPS…

REPORTS WERE RECEIVED FROM ALL COLORADO SCHOOL DISTRICTS ON THE NUMBER OF DROPOUTS FROM GRADES 7 THROUGH 12. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DROPOUTS AND A RANDOM SAMPLING OF CHARACTERISTICS OF SENIORS WERE OBTAINED. PUPIL ACCOUNTABILITY WAS SEPARATED INTO TWO ASPECTS, SUMMER DROPOUT AND UNKNOWN WITHDRAWALS. CONFIRMATION WAS FOUND IN THE RESULTS THAT…

THE PRIMARY AIM WAS TO DEVELOP INSTRUMENTS FOR IDENTIFYING HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS. THESE INSTRUMENTS WERE USED TO INVESTIGATE THE FATE OF RECENT GRADUATES AND DROPOUTS OF CLASSES 1963, 1964, AND 1965 IN ALEXANDER COUNTY, ILLINOIS, AND TO ESTABLISH FURTHER CORRELATES IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL DROPOUTS. BOTH THE OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE INSTRUMENTS…

A study was made to determine the reasons that students drop Introduction to Business at Cuyahoga Community College-Metropolitan Campus. Of 422 students who were enrolled in the course during the winter quarter of 1974, 103 withdrew. An attempt was made to reach by telephone all students who had withdrawn from the course. Of the 52 who were…

Research in the area of student attrition in junior colleges is fairly limited; however, the findings of studies conducted at 4-year colleges, where more extensive research has been done, often have relevance for 2-year colleges. This survey of the literature from both areas points to several student-related and college-related factors that appear…

This study sought to determine whether significant differences exist between successful students and dropouts in terms of mean grade point averages (g.p.a.'s) in each college department, and to ascertain composite course evaluation patterns on an intra- and inter-divisional basis. The students involved in this study were the same as those who were…

This study attempted to distinguish high school dropouts from non-dropouts by the use of discriminant analysis from data obtained in a dropout intervention project. The variables examined were taken from data forms used in the project and based on past literature on the subject of high school dropout prevention. It was found that significant…

Answer to how long it takes to get a junior college (2-year) degree; the percentage of the total enrollment who drop out without completing one hour for credit; the average number of hours taken, or completed, by a student; and the percentage of students expected to complete one quarter successfully provided the central themes for this study. The…

This study concerns the identification, interpretation and interrelationship of factors which are germane to a student's perception of himself and his environment and upon which factors he bases his decision to drop out of school. The methodological format goes beyond mere quantification in an attempt to distil the quality of the dropout's human…

A study that investigated the effect on return rates of personalizing the cover letter and including precoded personal information on a mail questionnaire is discussed. A survey of 196 students dropping out of courses offered by a distance education university provided the opportunity to conduct the study reported. (Author/MLW)

This report examines early school leaving in Australia. It draws in the most recent and extensive set of national data in early school leavers. It focuses on students who leave school before the beginning of Year 11 using a national representative longitudinal survey of Australian youth who were in Year 9 in 1995. The first part of the…

This paper describes the design and function of Louisiana's statewide student-level database, the Student Information System (SIS). In Louisiana the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education adopted the dropout definition of the National Center for Education Statistics for use by all Louisiana public schools in the 1989-1990 school year.…