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Rybak, Stephanie – 1980
This paper provides a comparative summary of the salient features of recent research projects in the area of continuing education language courses and considers the implications of trends which emerge. Chapter 1 briefly summarizes investigations to date, both by the BBC Audience Research Unit and other research institutions. Chapter 2 presents an…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts
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
Download full textALAM, MUBARKA; WRIGHT, E.N. – 1968
A STUDY OF NIGHT SCHOOL STAYINS AND DROPOUTS (PERSONS WHO MISSED CONSECUTIVE CLASSES) USED A RANDOMLY SELECTED SAMPLE OF 240 STAYINS AND 243 DROPOUTS FROM THE METROPOLITAN TORONTO (ONTARIO) BOARD OF EDUCATION EVENING CLASSES. INTERVIEWS WERE GUIDED BY QUESTIONNAIRES BUILT TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FINDINGS OF PREVIOUS RESEARCH. BOTH CODING…
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Age Differences, Attitudes, Course Content
Selinger, Alphonse D. – 1968
The magnitude of the dropout problem among Indians was illustrated by a study which followed students registered in grade 8 as of November 1962 through June 1967. Statistics were gathered by area, state, type of school, tribal group, and majority-minority position of Indian students in the 6-state area of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, South…
Descriptors: American Indians, Comparative Analysis, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research
McMillan, Robert L. – 1977
Essex County College identified 758 freshmen as having enrolled for the fall 1976 semester but not for the winter 1977 semester, indicating an attrition rate of 33.6%. Approximately 181 or 23.87% of this population responded to a questionnaire seeking demographic, educational and personal orientation information. Results showed the attrition rate…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Freshmen, Community Colleges, Demography
Nachman, Leonard R.; And Others – 1964
A survey of the dropout situation in Ohio in 1962-63 is reported. Data are presented on dropout rate, month of dropout, and age, grade, and grade repetition. Also discussed are test information, attendance and discipline, maturity, family background, reasons for leaving school, future plans and activities of dropouts, and the exit interview.…
Descriptors: Age, Attendance, Discipline, Dropout Characteristics
Jacobson, Desa – 1973
Presented is a summary of the Alaskan Native high school dropouts. The data collected on 180 Native Alaskan high school dropouts was taken from the regional dormitories at Nome, Kodiak, Bethel and Boarding Home programs in Anchorage, Tok, Fairbanks, Dillingham, and Ketchikan. Students who terminated for academic reasons, failed to attend school,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Alaska Natives, American Indians, Boarding Schools
Marland, S. P., Jr. – 1972
City schools must infuse strength into the young which is equal to the malignant forces which threaten their young lives and future happiness. Effective comprehensive planning must begin with an honest estimate of the desired output. Title I and Model Cities are two parallel programs sponsored by the Federal Government which seek to give help to…
Descriptors: Community Change, Disadvantaged, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate
Almeida, Cheryl; Johnson, Cassius; Steinberg, Adria – Jobs for the Future, 2006
One of the major barriers to making good on this promise is the broad set of misconceptions framing most discussions of the dropout issue. Too often, both public perception and public policy seem based on the notion that dropping out is confined to a small--and particularly unmotivated--group of young people. A related assumption, although rarely…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Young Adults, Educational Policy, Dropout Characteristics
Young, Beth Aronstamm; Hoffman, Lee – 2002
This report examines data from the National Center for Education Statistics' Common Core of Data (CCD) on public high school dropout and four-year completion rates. The four-year completion rate is the proportion of students who leave school from grades 9-12 as completers. The CCD four-year completion rate is limited to public school data from…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian American Students, Black Students, Dropout Rate
Peer reviewedGidley, J. M.; Wildman, P. H. – Education in Rural Australia, 1996
Survey of 22 rural Australian youth, aged 12-18 and not attending school or work, found that youth were strongly motivated towards creative, practical, and life skills learning. Describes a model of the phenomenon of "street kids" at the intersection of youth unemployment, homelessness, and truancy. Recommends establishment of pilot…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Peer reviewedMahoney, Joseph L.; Cairns, Robert B. – Developmental Psychology, 1997
Annually assessed students' academic and social competence from grades 7 through 12. Found that school dropout rate was lower for at-risk students who earlier had, compared to those who had not, participated in extracurricular activities. Extracurricular involvement was only modestly related to early school dropout for students who had been judged…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Fine, Michelle – Journal of Urban and Cultural Studies, 1990
Public obsession with issues of measurement, early intervention, promotion, suspension, education, age of exit, and alternative education dominates discourse on what can be done about high school dropouts. Additional controversial issues of societal structural interdependence are examined for their importance in education reform for minority and…
Descriptors: Dropout Research, Dropouts, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Change
Suh, Suhyun; Suh, Jingyo – Journal of Educational Research & Policy Studies, 2004
This article discusses factors related to eventual high school credentials among dropouts. Using the National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88/00), the current study found that approximately two-thirds of the sample of high school dropouts eventually attained some form of high school credentials within eight years of their class…
Descriptors: Credentials, High School Graduates, Dropout Research, Dropout Characteristics
Direct linkSmyth, John – London Review of Education, 2005
This paper presents an argument around the need to rethink the issue of early school leaving from the vantage point of students and teachers, and the conditions and pathways that need to be constructed and brought into existence within schooling, if such conditions do not already exist. The attempt is to move discussions outside of the…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, School Culture, Dropout Prevention, Educational Environment
