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Download full textTorres, Edgardo E.; And Others – 1970
This comprehensive investigation into the reasons behind the crucial problem of the student dropout in foreign language programs focuses on seven interrelated areas. These are: (1) student, (2) teacher, (3) administration, (4) counselor, (5) parent, (6) community, and (7) teacher training. A fault-tree analysis of the dropout problem provides a…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Community Attitudes, Counselor Attitudes, Dropout Attitudes
Metzer, David – 1997
This paper reports on a study of high school dropouts ages 16-24 in a rural county in Illinois. Specifically, the study reports on descriptive data pertaining to high school dropouts, focusing on those who chose to return to education; changes in student views and perceptions regarding education; and efforts by the school system to encourage…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Change, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics
Wells, Ruth Herman – 1992
This document is one of eight in a series of guides designed to help teach and counsel troubled youth. It focuses on the problems of students who are not interested in school and who may be considering dropping out of school. The problems associated with dropping out are explained and the need for an education is emphasized throughout the lessons.…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, High Risk Students, Potential Dropouts, Secondary Education
Pittsburgh Public Schools, PA. – 1986
This report on school holding power provides statistics on students who withdrew from the Pittsburgh public schools during the 12 months ending June 30, 1985. Data is classified in the following ways: (1) by grade of the students who dropped out, (2) by circumstances under which students dropped out, and (3) by individual schools within the…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Dropouts, Public Schools, School Holding Power
Pauker, Jerome D.; And Others – 1988
This composition of related attendance studies of both Canada and the United States includes (1) a review of school attendance/nonattendance literature for 1975-86, the results, and a discussion involving the topics of nonattendance correlations, causes, and intervention; (2) a survey of compulsory school attendance legislation, the results, and a…
Descriptors: Attendance, Attendance Patterns, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Desnoyers, Jacqueline; Pauker, Jerome D. – 1988
Approaches to promote attendance and prevent nonattendance range from methods designed to help individual students with specific attendance problems, to programs aimed at the student bodies of entire school systems. The former approaches usually are well documented as to results, but raise questions regarding generalizability and applicability for…
Descriptors: Attendance, Attendance Patterns, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Flint, Wallace – 1988
Dropping out of school before high school graduation has re-emerged as a priority issue for professional and public debate and concern. Dropping out of school is viewed as a gradual process as the bond between student and school weakens, representing the final step that occurs after opportunities for intervention at earlier stages have been…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, High School Students, High Schools
Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1987
This document provides a brief overview of the ongoing dropout studies cited in the press and around the Austin Independent School District (AISD) in Austin, Texas. It includes a list of key observations which notes that the dropout rate among adolescents is too high; that approximately 20% of 16- to 24-year-olds in Texas do not have a high school…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Dropout Research, High Schools, Research Methodology
Loken, Joel – Canadian Counsellor, 1973
In addition to studying the prevalence of drug abuse among transient youth this study attempted to relate certain drug-use patterns to the student drop-out rates by trying to determine why students leave school and when. (Author)
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research, Drug Abuse, Out of School Youth
Peer reviewedMorgan, Margaret K. – Research in Higher Education, 1974
Results include: (1) the most able, most autonomous group included those who withdrew; (2) the most authoritarian, those who became seniors; (3) the most nonconforming, those who "continued" without becoming seniors, and (4) the highest ability to think abstractly, scientifically and to solve problems, the academic dismissals who gained…
Descriptors: Discriminant Analysis, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Educational Research
Peer reviewedCottle, Thomas J. – National Elementary Principal, 1975
Discusses the use of disciplinary suspensions in United States public schools, emphasizing the higher suspension rate for minority children and the relationship between suspensions and dropping out of school. Presents the case history of one boy whose suspension for fighting eventually led him to quit school. (JG)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Discipline, Discipline Policy, Dropout Prevention
BERGER, LESLIE; JOHNSON, KENNETH – 1966
AN IN-DEPTH INVESTIGATION OF THE REASONS QUALIFIED LOW-INCOME STUDENTS IN THE EVENING DIVISION LEAVE SCHOOL WHILE IN GOOD STANDING WAS CONDUCTED. FULL DATA WAS OBTAINED ON ONLY 64 SUBJECTS WHO COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRES AND WERE INTERVIEWED BY COUNSELORS. ACCORDING TO QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES, THE MOST IMPORTANT REASON FOR LEAVING WAS FINANCIAL…
Descriptors: College Students, Counseling Services, Disadvantaged, Dropout Characteristics
BURKE, NELSON S.; SIMONS, ALFRED F. – 1964
A CLUSTER OF EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES WAS SOUGHT WHICH WAS COMMON TO A SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION OF THE YOUTH AT THE LORTON YOUTH CENTER OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. THESE EXPERIENCES WERE POSTULATED AS CAUSAL FACTORS IN DROPOUTS, DELINQUENCY, AND EVENTUAL INCARCERATION. DATA PRETAINING TO EDUCATIONAL OR EDUCATIONAL-RELATED…
Descriptors: Delinquency Causes, Delinquency Prevention, Dropout Research, Educational Experience
LOUTTIT, EDGAR E. – 1968
A HIGH DROPOUT RATE BETWEEN THE SPRING AND FALL SEMESTERS OF 1967 AT THE DIVISION OF CONTINUING EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, PROMPTED THIS STUDY TO DETERMINE THE REASONS FOR WITHDRAWAL. THE STUDY POPULATION WAS LIMITED TO ON CAMPUS SPRING SEMESTER ENROLLEES SEEKING UNIVERSITY CREDIT. A 16 QUESTION SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE WAS SENT TO 1,090…
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Dropout Characteristics, Evening Programs, Extension Education
Jorgensen, Vern F. – 1974
This study sought to determine the relationship between selected variables used in scheduling classes and the ratio of student course completion. Hypotheses of the study were: (1) there is no difference in the proportion of student course completions for morning, midmorning, afternoon, and extension classes; (2) there is no relationship between…
Descriptors: Classes (Groups of Students), Dropout Rate, Dropout Research, Enrollment
