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Poole, Millicent – 1978
This volume contains a comprehensive review and analysis of existing Australian research on early school leaving behavior, focusing on girls. Part One gives an overview of school leavers, and data on general trends are considered. Observable trends in school leaving statistics are examined from antecedents through the school leaving decision to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Download full textASTIN, ALEXANDER W.; PANOS, ROBERT J. – 1967
TO INVESTIGATE STUDENTS' ABILITY TO COMPLETE FOUR YEARS OF COLLEGE WITHIN FOUR YEARS, 36,405 COLLEGE STUDENTS AT 246 INSTITUTIONS WERE POLLED BEFORE AND AFTER A FOUR YEAR INTERVAL. WHEN STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS WERE RELATED TO THEIR DROPOUT OR NONDROPOUT STATUS (DETERMINED BY THEIR SUCCESS IN COMPLETING FOUR YEARS WORK IN FOUR YEARS), IT WAS FOUND…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, College Programs, College Students
Garry, William W. – 1975
The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between life change and dropout behavior of adult continuing education students. The population used for the study consisted of 100 freshmen adult evening students at Tidewater Community College, Virginia. The adult students were divided into groups of low, medium, and high academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Dropouts, Adult Education
Brawer, Florence B. – 1973
Data from a longitudinal study of freshmen at three California community colleges is presented. This project, the 3-D Project, views freshmen in three colleges on the basis of a construct formulated by Brawer called Functional Potential. Functionsl Potential is a hypothetical construct built on psychodynamic principles which describe the degree to…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Dropout Attitudes
Shea, John R.; Wilkens, Roger A. – 1971
This paper explores the relationship between: (1) premature withdrawal from high school, (2) entrance to college, and (3) several attitudinal, socioeconomic and demographic measures taken from a national probability sample of 5,225 young men interviewed in 1966 and again in 1967. Being over-age in grade in 1966 and at least 17 in 1967 strongly…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitudes, College Admission, Demography
Peer reviewedPantages, Timothy J.; Creedon, Carol F. – Review of Educational Research, 1978
After a methodological critique of attrition-related research, factors associated with attrition in higher education are outlined. They include demographic, academic, motivational, personality, college environmental, financial, and health factors. Student reports of reasons for dropping out, the withdrawal procedure, and programs for dropout…
Descriptors: College Attendance, College Environment, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate
Peer reviewedBroaddus, Darrell L. – Contemporary Education, 1987
A review of data regarding minority dropout rates in secondary and postsecondary education points out these students' vulnerability to dropping out and suggests several possible remedies, including establishing programs aimed toward pregnant students, students with income needs, and students who are dissatisfied or unfamiliar with the educational…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate
Focus on Basics, 1998
The "Focus on Basics" serial concerns adult Learning and literacy. The eight short articles in this theme issue are all devoted to the topic of "learner motivation": (1) "Power, Literacy, and Motivation" (Greg Hart); (2) "The First Three Weeks: A Critical Time for Motivation" (B. Allan Quigley); (3) "Build Motivation by Building Learner…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Dropout Prevention
PDF pending restorationTexas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Research and Evaluation. – 2002
The data tables and listings in this report provide secondary school dropout data at the state and district levels as a supplement to Secondary School Completion and Dropouts in Texas Public Schools, 1999-00. This supplement includes annual dropout rates calculated under the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) definition and rates…
Descriptors: Accountability, Definitions, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Research and Evaluation. – 2002
The Texas Education Agency prepares an annual report on dropouts in Texas public schools. This report contains information on the annual dropout rate used in the accountability system and state attrition rates. It also includes a series of longitudinal secondary school completion/student status rates. Of the 1,818,940 students who attended grades…
Descriptors: Accountability, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research
Peer reviewedSewell, Trevor E.; And Others – Urban Education, 1981
Compared aptitude, vocational, and personality measures of high school dropouts with those of a normative population. Also studied the relative contribution of selected variables to achievement. Suggests that achievement motivation, social class, and the institutional impact of the school must be examined to identify reasons for academic failure.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Programs
Peer reviewedHewitt, John D.; Johnson, William S. – High School Journal, 1979
Much research has focused on the school dropout--the consequences of dropping out, dropout characteristics, and dropout rate. This paper takes a single community (Muncie, Indiana) and explores the reasons for the high school dropout rate at four different points in time: 1924, 1937, 1952, 1977. (KC)
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research, Economic Change
Peer reviewedAllen, Kathleen M.; Gardner, Nancy S. – School Counselor, 1989
Describes a South Carolina program, "Tender Loving Counseling," designed to identify potential dropouts for group and individual counseling. Describes focus of the program to be on building self-concept, motivation, and study skills. (TE)
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Educational Strategies, Group Counseling
Peer reviewedGade, Eldon M.; And Others – School Counselor, 1992
Administered Self-Directed Search to 596 American Indian high school students, 168 of whom dropped out during the time frame of the study. Found above average dropout rates for girls with Realistic and Social interest preferences. Boys with Enterprising codes had above average dropout rates. Lowest dropout rates were for girls with Investigative…
Descriptors: American Indians, Dropout Rate, Dropouts, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedStephens, Robert T.; Repa, J. Theodore – Urban Education, 1992
Compares 220 adult male felons incarcerated in New York State's Sing Sing Correctional Facility (79 percent are dropouts and 84 percent are from urban settings) to dropouts in the literature. The dropouts have many similarities with nonincarcerated dropouts and have more in common with them than with fellow inmates. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adults, Blacks, Criminals
