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Download full textTidwell, Romeria – 1985
The goals of this study of early school leavers from 12 Los Angeles high schools were the following: (1) to discover whether the students were true dropouts or whether they were enrolled in some alternative educational program that might lead to a high school diploma; (2) to determine the reasons the students left school before graduating; (3) to…
Descriptors: Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts
West Virginia State Dept. of Education, Charleston. Div. of General and Special Educational Development. – 1987
Reported in this document are dropout statistics from the State of West Virginia for the school year 1985-86. This annual survey of the 55 county school systems has been conducted since the 1968-69 school year. Topics surveyed include Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) status, exit interviews, grade at exit, month dropout left…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Frazier, Don; Stone, Sheila – 1983
The purpose of this study was to identify the barriers that deter students from completing a vocational program in Oklahoma high schools. The 2,173 program leavers and 1,000 school leavers who were in vocational education as eleventh graders during the 1981-82 school year were chosen as a representative sample and were surveyed to ascertain the…
Descriptors: Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Prevention, High School Students, High Schools
Philadelphia School District, PA. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1977
Results of the third survey of Philadelphia Public High School dropouts were obtained from 1629 respondents. Questionnaires, in postcard form, were mailed in September 1976 to all the 1975-1976 dropouts listed in the pupil directory file. Respondents answered the following questions: (1) Are you working? (2) Are you unemployed? (3) Are you looking…
Descriptors: Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Hunt, Neen; Woods, Jerry – 1979
The data for this report on school dropouts in New York City were collected by means of in-depth interviews with high school staff members, students, and dropouts. A total of 229 persons were interviewed in 53 high schools with dropout prevention programs distributed throughout the city. All respondents were asked approximately 50 open-ended…
Descriptors: Discipline, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
RANDALL, CHARLES V.; AND OTHERS – 1966
THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE IN THE BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT THE DROPOUT RATE, DROPOUT CHARACTERISTICS, AND WHAT HAPPENS TO THE STUDENT AFTER HE DROPS OUT. THE DATA IS DESIGNED TO BE USED TO DETERMINE WAYS TO REDUCE THE DROPOUT RATE. THE BLOOMINGTON DROPOUT RATE IS HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL DROPOUT RATE BECAUSE GENERAL…
Descriptors: Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate
Gell, Robert L.; And Others – 1975
An annual survey of non-returning Montgomery College students from the years 1971 to 1973 was conducted in order to examine reasons for choosing to leave the college, identify trends, determine the status of students at the time of the survey, and assess the impact of their college experience on current activities. The 454 usable responses (20…
Descriptors: Dropout Attitudes, Dropouts, Educational Trends, Employment Experience
Roane State Community Coll., Harriman, TN. – 1975
Since the number of students taking advantage of Roane State Community College's policy of allowing withdrawal from courses ("W" grade) up to the last day of class has increased from 14 percent of all grades given in fall 1972 to 23 percent of all grades given in fall 1974, an effort was made to determine some of the factors involved in…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Attendance, Dropout Attitudes, Followup Studies
Willett, Lynn H. – 1973
A survey was conducted to determine the characteristics and opinions of the non-persisting students at Moraine Valley Community College. A random sample of 500 non-persisting students was selected, with equal numbers of full-time and part-time ex-students. Separate questionnaires were used for non-persisting full-time and non-persisting part-time…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research
Ciampa, Bartholomew J. – 1972
This report describes a unique institutional approach to study the causes of student attrition recently completed at Nasson College, Maine. The population of the study included all students who had been enrolled during the preceeding seven semesters and who subsequently withdrew or were dismissed for academic reasons. A questionnaire survey…
Descriptors: College Students, Disqualification, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Rate
Jancek, Richard L. – 1999
All dropouts from Hiawatha High School (Kirkland, Illinois) in the last 3 years were surveyed to determine why they dropped out and what the school could do to deter students from dropping out. Nationally, dropping out is related to poverty, lack of parental support, drug abuse, learning disabilities, and a history of poor school performance.…
Descriptors: Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Meltzer, Robert – New York University Education Quarterly, 1973
Article examines the young nomads who end up in East Village crash pads becoming vulnerable to exploitation, abuse, disease, and drugs. Their rehabilitation and its patterns are discussed. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Dropout Attitudes, Dropouts, Field Studies, Group Experience
Londoner, Carroll A. – Adult Education, 1972
Research into the psychological-motivational bases of adult participation to determine the reasons why people do not perservere in adult high school programs. (RB)
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Dropout Attitudes
Peer reviewedLee, Alfred McClung – Social Problems, 1972
Charges that the term alienation" has no scientific usefulness or meaning; and that it is useful only to formula-peddling counselors and spokesmen for the status quo when dealing with problem" minority groups. (JM)
Descriptors: Conformity, Dropout Attitudes, Individual Power, Majority Attitudes
Peer reviewedChu, Franklin – Change, 1970
There is a marked gap in the thinking and behavior of today's freshmen and upperclassmen. (IR)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Affective Objectives, College Freshmen, Dropout Attitudes
