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Natriello, Gary, Ed. – 1986
This book collects articles that examine the patterns of dropping out evident among American youth, and the policies developed and implemented to reduce the incidence of dropping out. The following chapters (and their authors) are included: (1) Introduction (G. Natriello); (2) Can We Help Dropouts? Thinking about the Undoable (D. Mann); (3) Large…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate
Download full textMichlein, Michael G.; And Others – 1976
A project was designed to develop and test (phase I), and implement (phase II) a research design for the study of student attrition in the Wisconsin vocational technical adult education (VTAE) system with the intent of identifying student attrition and determining its predictability. Phase I, the developmental aspect (described in this report),…
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Adult Education, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics
Peters, Otto – 1988
This article presents reflections on the high dropout rate at distance education universities in general and at the FernUniversitat in particular. The introduction outlines four reasons why the dropout rate should not be as high as it is. The first chapter--on general aspects--addresses problems of definition of dropout, the astounding differences…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research
Caple, Diana – 1984
To examine why school leavers have difficulty completing high school and to study their long- and short-term career decisions, 250 school leavers or potential school leavers, aged 18-21, were surveyed. Based on 172 returns (69 percent), respondents were classified in three subgroups: (1) those who left high school, tried an alternative program but…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Peer reviewedMotz, Annabelle B.; Weber, George H. – Phylon, 1969
Descriptors: Black Youth, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropouts
HILLEARY, HELENA – 1963
A COMPARISON WAS MADE OF THE RESULTS OF A STUDY IN SPRING 1962, OF EVENING STUDENTS WHO WITHDREW FROM CLASSES OFFICIALLY (THE "OCW" GROUP) AND OF A QUESTIONNAIRE STUDY IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR OF THOSE WHO WITHDREW FROM EVENING CLASSES UNOFFICIALLY (THE "UCW" GROUP). STUDENTS IN BOTH GROUPS USUALLY HAD HAD NO PREVIOUS COLLEGE…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Stier, William F., Jr. – 1971
The problem of student attrition at our colleges and universities has been a major concern of educators and parents alike for many years. This report has as the focal point the plight of the student-athlete in the dropout syndrome. A 5-page questionnaire designed to solicit information regarding selective screening procedures, detection of…
Descriptors: Athletes, College Students, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Lunneborg, Clifford E.; Lunneborg, Patricia W. – 1972
The primary motivation behind this prediction study was the concern voiced over the problem of attrition in graduate school. Noting a 45% dropout rate in psychology doctoral students who began between 1955 and 1964 and were studied in 1968, one author deplored the loss in time and effort to students and faculty when students leave graduate school.…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Graduate Students
VanSciver, James H. – Executive Educator, 1987
Describes a program developed to help would-be dropouts at the junior and senior high school level. Two important components of the program are that staff work with no more than two students at a time and that staff members volunteer to take part in the program. (MD)
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate, Elementary Secondary Education
Adult Leadership, 1973
Article lists available documents on the subject of dropouts in adult education. (GB)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Bibliographies, Dropout Prevention
Snee, Joseph – Journal of the International Association of Pupil Personnel Workers, 1973
A summary of a panel discussion on the school drop-out in which the panelists were school drop-outs. Presented at the IAPPN Convention, Washington, D.C., 1972. (JC)
Descriptors: Discussion, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts
Stevens, G. T., Jr.; Braden, Paul V. – Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 1971
This model defines the expected and unexpected variation in dropout rates in an educational program and determines whether a particular dropout rate is unusually high or low. (Author)
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Educational Programs
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1991
This document presents recommendations to the Texas state legislature for meeting a 1997-98 goal of reducing the projected longitudinal and cross-sectional state dropout rates. Data for 1986 indicate that approximately 86,000 students were dropping out of Texas schools every year. The recommendations presented here were determined: (1) by tracing…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Attendance, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Smith, David Lawson; Ament, Patrick A. – 1990
Estimates of the current national dropout rate during grades 9-12 ranged between 25 percent and 30 percent. Studies were undertaken to determine the characteristics of dropouts; the consequences of dropping out of school; and associations between dropping out and specific curricula, including the occupational curriculum. Because of methodological…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Norwood, Dianne – 1989
One hundred individuals who dropped out of high school in Lawrence County, Alabama, during the 1986-87 school year were studied in order to help formulate ways schools could prevent students from dropping out and ideas on how to create advertising about available adult education to which such dropouts would be receptive. A former in-home adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research
