Attrition at Empire State College (ECS) is calculated in terms of three types of counts: temporal, activity, and degree progress. The strategy for assessing attrition using these three quantitative techniques is discussed as are qualitative phone interviews. The attrition rate in terms of a temporal count was 28 percent. Phone interviews with 93…

This is the second annual report on public school dropouts in Delaware. The purpose of the report is to provide an accurate statistical description of school dropouts to dispel any stereotypes that might hinder development of programs to aid dropouts. The data presented was compiled from monthly reports submitted by local school districts to the…

This study of dropouts from New Brunswick (Canada) schools presents a description of dropout characteristics and makes a comparison with findings of the dropout profile from the preceding year. Six variables were found to be stable factors--sex, original language (French or English), end result of leaving school (work, school, or other), grade…

This review of public higher education in California identifies problems in the policies and processes that directly affect a student's admission to college, his persistence, and his progress toward graduation. The study is based on 3 questions: who shall be admitted to higher education (addresses existing policies of selection and admission); who…

A study is proposed to attempt to answer the following: (1) How many and what kinds of Community College students drop out or do not return? (2) In what ways do non-persisters differ from persisters and what can colleges do to increase retention? (3) What is the employment experience of non-persisters who did not complete occupational programs or…

HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS OF HIGH ABILITY WERE STUDIED TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR SEGMENT OF THE DROPOUT POPULATION. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES WERE TO (1) DETERMINE THEIR EMPLOYMENT STATUS, (2) DETERMINE THEIR PATTERN OF INTEREST AND PERSONALITY, (3) SUGGEST OCCUPATIONAL FIELDS FOR WHICH TRAINING PROGRAMS SHOULD BE DEVELOPED, AND (4) PROVIDE…

Using a matched sample of students who stay in school and those who drop out, or leave early, an attempt was made, via multiple discriminant analysis, to identify the significant characteristics which distinguish "drop outs" from their peers who remain at school. Results indicated that both types of students have similar value orientations and…

If administrators are to reduce the rate of discontinuation by changing their selection, teaching, guidance, and support facilities, they must be guided by proper data. This study reports such data based on an investigation at Macquarie University. (Editor/LBH)

This study evaluates the effects of school desegregation by court-ordered busing on the subsequent dropout rate of minority and majority students. (MM)

A questionnaire survey of all students who discontinued their courses at the University of Sydney in 1973 identified four groups of such students. They are those who (1) had financial problems, (2) cited illness, (3) were not coping, and (4) had changed their life goals. The university's responsibility in dealing with them is considered. (LBH)

Students were asked for their reasons for not re-enrolling at the University of New South Wales. Of the 1216 students in this category 72 percent did not reply, but those who did indicated three motivating factors: the effect of the course or school on them as individuals; pressures of employment or distance; change in personal situation. (LBH)

A look at national and particularly urban dropout rates reveals that the disadvantages of high school dropouts, relative to their graduate peers, are confounded by race, ethnicity, social class, and gender. Their troubles in terms of employment and earnings are more devastating today than they were 20 years ago. Quotes from Chester Finn present…

Studied six- to 17-year-old outpatients who completed intake but did not enter therapy with those in therapy for an average of 13 sessions. Compared groups on demographics, Child Behavior Checklist broadband and narrow-band syndrome scores, Children's Depression Inventory scores, therapist age and sex, and on parent perceptions of clinic and…

The relationship between the design of federal student aid subsidies (Title IV of the Higher Education Act) and student enrollment and persistence decisions is discussed. It is suggested that incentives should be provided for students to obtain degrees and certificates. (MLW)

Discusses the conditions and factors contributing to the underrepresentation of women in engineering in the Netherlands. Reports research findings on a study of the dropout rate of female engineering students at the Twente University of Technology. (ML)