Dropout classification systems must be standardized, updated, and simplified to accurately reflect conditions of student departures from school; current, nonstandardized systems allow gathered data to be biased and of poor quality. Improvements will inform administrators of the specific causes behind students' early withdrawals--whether students…

This document presents the final report of a dropout prevention counseling program designed for elementary school students in McDowell County, West Virginia. The purpose of the program is explained and three objectives met by the project are identified: (1) counseling sessions were held with each of the identified potential dropouts (N=206) in two…

Describes "Project Emerge," a dropout prevention program in Dayton, Ohio which is designed to remedy reading deficiencies. (RB)

This study measures the change in political orientation and activism level of students at the University of California at Berkeley during the early 1970s. During this time students became more liberal on some items and less on others, and became much less active politically. Results suggest strong historical effects on political attitudes and…

This report presents the results of a survey which was undertaken in order to develop an understanding of the University of Arkansas' environment as experienced by black students. It assessed the students' causes for leaving the university during their freshman year. Thirty-four black students who had attended school in the Fall of 1976 did not…

This article compares one group of potential dropouts who received three action-oriented goal setting interviews with counselors to another group who received the usual counseling, but no systematic outreach program. (Author)

This pamphlet on getting and keeping members is the twelfth of 16 in a series to provide leaders in adult activities with sound introductory material to give practical help in using a method of adult education or working in a particular area. Its objective is to help leaders of adult groups find and keep members. Eight articles and how-tos are…

Large numbers of school age youth in Ohio are not in school, sometimes because they lack motivation, in other cases because of misbehavior or attendance problems. This report examines school motivation and discipline problems and describes how a small sample of Ohio schools have worked to create orderly schools where children are motivated,…

This 37-item bibliography cites monographs, reports, and journal articles dealing with the factors affecting college student retention and attrition. The entries, arranged alphabetically by author, cite works on drop-out prevention strategies, the factors that precipitate retention or attrition, and methodology for conducting student attrition…

IN THREE CONSECUTIVE YEARS, 1962-65, RIVERSIDE CITY COLLEGE HAD THREE DIFFERENT POLICIES FOR STUDENT WITHDRAWALS FROM CLASS--(1) A 6-WEEK NO-PENALTY PERIOD, WITH THE GRADE ASSIGNED FOR WITHDRAWALS AFTER THAT PERIOD TO BE DETERMINED BY THE STUDENTS' PROGRESS UP TO THE DATE OF WITHDRAWAL, (2) A 6-WEEK NO-PENALTY PERIOD, WITH GRADES OF F FOR LATER…

THE REGISTRY WOULD CONTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING SCHOOL DROPOUTS. BECAUSE IT WOULD PROVIDE A CENTRAL COLLECTION POINT OF DROPOUT INFORMATION THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, RESEARCH, GUIDANCE AND PLACEMENT OF THESE INDIVIDUALS WOULD BE GREATLY SIMPLIFIED. THE FIRST BASIC FORM PRESENTED CONTAINS ONLY THE NAME, ADDRESS, AGE, LOCATION OF RECORDS AND…

SEVERAL PROPOSALS FOR ALLEVIATING THE DROPOUT PROBLEM ARE PRESENTED. STUDENTS LEAVE SCHOOL BECAUSE OF FAILURE AND RETARDATION IN SCHOOL, DISLIKE OF SCHOOL, HOME CIRCUMSTANCES, MARRIAGE, CONFLICTS WITH TEACHERS, FEELINGS OF REJECTION, NEED TO WORK, MILITARY SERVICE, AND HEALTH. WHILE IN SCHOOL, THE POTENTIAL DROPOUT IS USUALLY SHUNTED INTO A…

This study was designed to establish the extent to which the hippies pose a new kind of dropout problem for higher education institutions; identify those aspects of hippie subculture which attract certain kinds of dropouts; and develop policy proposals aimed at increasing colleges' effectiveness in meeting the needs of contemporary students.…

Using Attribution Theory, this study examined the effect of exam failure on attrition. Previous Attribution Theory studies indicate that while ascription of failure to lack of ability leads to abandoning the activity, ascription to lack of effort does not necessarily lead to the same outcome. It was, therefore, hypothesized that lower-ability…