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Download full textvon Destinon, Mark – 1988
An overview of the theories of Tinto and Astin on student integration and involvement with references to the Chicano student dropout rate and persistence is provided. Topics include the following: the effects of integration and involvement; Tinto's theory of student departure; Astin's theory of involvement; linking integration and involvement;…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Attendance, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research
De Jung, John E. – 1988
Reducing absences is the most readily available strategy that high schools have for reducing the number of dropouts. A sample of approximately 2,000 students who entered three Oregon urban high schools in the Fall of 1983 or 1984 was studied in order to establish criteria for identifying students who were at-risk of not graduating. The group was…
Descriptors: Attendance, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Hisada, Paul – 1988
Arguing that retention research requires a sound theoretical framework and that retention planning takes place within a sociopolitical context, this paper presents an overview of the requirements and process of student retention research. Part I examines the role of research in a college's retention effort and establishes the general requirements…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Data Collection, Databases
Sailor, Perry – 1986
The Office of Research and Evaluation of the Austin Independent School District (AISD) in Austin, Texas has reported yearly high school dropout counts since the 1983-1984 school year. This report presents data from three cohorts of high school students--those enrolled in 1983-1984, 1984-1985, and 1985-1986. The method used to assign dropout status…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Black Students, Cohort Analysis, Comparative Analysis
Crane, Valerie – 1985
Made up of four separate reports, this document presents comparisons and student comments for five Annenberg/CPB (Corporation for Public Broadcasting) telecourses offered in the fall of 1984: The Brain, Mind and Behavior; The Constitution: That Delicate Balance; The Write Course; The New Literacy; and Congress: We the People. Based on evaluations…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Diaries, Distance Education, Dropout Research
Nespoli, Lawrence A.; Radcliffe, Susan K. – 1982
In spring 1982, a study was conducted to determine the persistence of Howard Community College (HCC) students from fall 1981 to spring 1982 and the relationship of students' attendance status, sex, and age to retention rates. Selected study findings include the following: (1) the overall retention rate for spring 1982 was 61.1% including Special…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Age, Community Colleges, Dropout Research
Eagle, Norman – 1982
A system to identify the potential dropout was studied at a two-year urban institution. All entering freshmen participating in a compulsory freshmen orientation course were administered a biographical inventory during the fifth week of enrollment. An academic or scholastic index was derived, based on high school averages and basic skills placement…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, College Students, Discriminant Analysis
Bronx Community Coll., NY. – 1978
As part of an on-going study, all 1,818 graduates and 6,847 non-graduates who left Bronx Community College (BCC) in 1975-76 were surveyed by mail, with a return of 1,681 responses representing 52.4% of graduate and 20% of the non-graduate sample. Findings included the following: (1) 63% of graduates and 48% of non-graduates responding continued…
Descriptors: College Credits, Community Colleges, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Research
Lucas, John A. – 1981
Follow-up studies were conducted at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) to obtain a profile of students who stopped attending WRHC before earning 48 credit hours. Nine studies were conducted between 1974 and 1978, surveying students who, after attending WRHC for at least one semester failed to enroll for the following semester. A consolidation of…
Descriptors: College Credits, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Dropout Characteristics
Shaffer, Garnett Stokes – 1981
In the past only academic variables have performed well in the prediction of attrition. Ideally, persons in higher education would like to predict attrition prior to its occurrence, but many academic variables are not available until after the fact. Thus, the isolation of those motivational and personality variables which identify individuals as…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Biographical Inventories, College Freshmen, Dropout Research
Terenzini, Patrick T. – 1978
Three basic designs for studying college student attrition are described and the comparative assets and liabilities of each are discussed. It is noted that administrators faced with declining enrollments and costs for students not completing degree programs are likely to call for attrition studies, yet methodological inadequacies exist in many…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), College Students, Cost Effectiveness, Costs
Nebraska Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education, Lincoln. – 1978
Issues related to student attrition in the three Nebraska postsecondary systems are described and an assessment of their implications is offered. Other purposes of the report are to: review statewide goals that could be adopted to reduce student attrition; present a research design that describes how an in-depth attrition study should be…
Descriptors: College Students, Cost Estimates, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research
Naranjo, Tessie; Laktasic, Stanley – 1978
Primary objectives of the first comprehensive study of New Mexico Pueblo school dropouts were to identify and locate such dropouts, to determine reasons for Pueblo dropouts, and to identify types of counseling and services available. Of 710 identified dropouts, 328 from the 19 Pueblos were interviewed in home visits. Personal reasons (seeing no…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, American Indian Education, Career Education, Counseling Services
Abram, Marie J.; Cobb, Robert A. – 1981
A questionnaire was designed to survey Logan County (Kentucky) students who withdrew from school during the 1976-77 and 1977-78 school years. Of the 130 survey instruments circulated, 37 (28%) were returned. A comparison of six demographic variables, based on school records, revealed that the respondents and the original population were similar on…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Achievement Gains, Demography, Dropout Attitudes
de Wolf, Virginia A. – 1978
A sample of students were surveyed who were enrolled at the University of Washington during the autumn quarter of 1977 but did not continue at the university the following quarter. Survey items included: reasons for not continuing, occupational status as of spring 1978, effect of not continuing on present occupation and plans for the future,…
Descriptors: Career Planning, College Students, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics
