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Download full textBeder, Hal – 1989
A study was conducted in Iowa to determine why adults eligible for adult basic education (ABE) frequently fail to participate. The study was conducted on a representative sample of 129 persons who had not completed high school, were aged 18 or older, and had not attended ABE classes, through open-ended questions refined into telephone interview…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Educational Attitudes
Sherman, Joel D. – 1987
This paper, the second in an Education Commission of the States (ECS) series, focuses on the planning and financing of dropout prevention programs. Designed as a resource guide, the paper consists of three parts. The first section presents questions asked by policymakers, discusses the process of determining the resources required, and suggests…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Horst, Leslie; Donahue, Maryellen – 1989
Based on an assessment of the research of others and personal research experience, suggestions are provided on the analysis and reporting of data on high school dropouts. Most of the experience upon which these insights are based is associated with schools in Boston, Massachusetts. Topics covered include types of statistics to be reported,…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate
Grissom, James B.; Shepard, Lorrie A. – 1989
This study addresses the effect that grade retention has on dropping out of school. A structural model was developed to test the effect of grade retention on dropping out while controlling for the effects of other possible mediating variables, especially achievement. This model with slight modifications was applied across four different school…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate
ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management, Eugene, OR. – 1986
Preventing dropouts is the main topic of the 12 publications reviewed in this annotated bibliography. A statistical analysis of dropouts in Portland, Oregon, revealed that the correlation by school was far greater than correlation by residential area. In another study, approximately 155 droputs were questioned and most believed that the school…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Walz, Garry R. – 1987
Literature from the past three decades does not suggest a specific role for school counselors in combating the school dropout problem. A search of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) database for the years 1984-1986 produced only 15 items indexed under terms related to school counseling or the school counselor's role. Ideally a…
Descriptors: Counselor Role, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research
Jeanotte, Leigh D. – 1982
Undergraduate American Indians who enrolled at the University of North Dakota for academic years 1970-1979 were surveyed to determine factors contributing to attrition and retention. The final sample included 116 students, 71 dropouts and 45 graduates. A questionnaire and two information forms were designed to obtain information on biographical,…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, College Students, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research
Stephenson, Robert S. – 1985
Almost 19,000 Dade County Public School students--all the members of the 8th grade cohort in June 1980--were followed across four and a half years in a study of dropouts. Major findings include the following: (1) at the end of the follow-up period, 29.5% of the cohort had dropped out (19% of Asians, 26.4% of Whites, 29.3% of Hispanics, and 33.9%…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Blacks, Cohort Analysis, Dropout Rate
Snowden, Max; Peel, Evelyn – 1985
This report is concerned with students who either dropped out or were dismissed from grades 9 through 12 during 1983-84 in 14 school systems in Arkansas. It is intended for use by state government, the State Department of Education, state and local policymakers, school administrators and staffs, parents, and young people. The data presented in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcoholic Beverages, Drinking, Dropout Characteristics
Pulcrano, Charles – Sch Counselor, 1969
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, College Attendance, College Bound Students, College Environment
Rocklyn, Eugene H. – 1982
Correspondence course training (CCT) systems, primarily in the military and government sectors, were surveyed to identify their critical problems. Other study objectives were to formulate the basic design of a CCT system to solve these problems and identify course completion factors and trends in systems operations. Seventeen CCT organizations…
Descriptors: Correspondence Study, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Educational Research
Baker, Roger D.; Baker, George – 1977
A study was conducted at Cumberland College, Kentucky, to determine whether educational policies of the school were related to student retention. A questionnaire was sent to the 126 students who had dropped out of the college during the 1975-76 academic year; 100 students responded either by mail or telephone, but it was determined that 29 of the…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Students, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Research
Texas Small Schools Project, Austin. – 1965
A THREE YEAR STUDY, WHICH WAS MADE OF DROPOUTS IN 49 SMALL SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING IN THE TEXAS SMALL SCHOOLS PROJECT, WAS MADE TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF DROPOUTS, THEIR AGE, GRADE, SEX, AND REASON FOR DROPPING OUT. THREE FIGURES AND THREE CHARTS SUMMARIZE THE RESULTS. THE STUDY REVEALED THAT (1) MORE MALES DROPPED OUT THAN FEMALES, (2) THE AVERAGE…
Descriptors: Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate
Welch, Gilbert Dale – 1968
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of selected social, economic, and demographic factors and the dropout rate for the 64 Louisiana parishes. Data were taken from the 1950 and 1960 Census Population Reports for Louisiana. Correlational techniques were utilized in the measurement of relationships between independent and…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Family School Relationship
Capoor, Madan; Eagle, Norman – 1976
Failure to identify and account for the effect of moderator variables is an important reason for the low explanatory power of much educational research. Pre-existing subgroups such as sex, ethnicity, and curriculum offer an easily identifiable and theoretically meaningful source of moderator variables. Tests for intercept and slope differences in…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Measurement Techniques
