Recent research on college student attrition is examined for trends, and it is suggested that the common perspective on retention and attrition is too narrow; it should be viewed from three perspectives: within-course retention; program retention; and institutional retention rate. Recommended for retention (R) is early (E) identification (Id) plus…

Describes the Career Exploratory Program, a successful alternative program developed at Mexico Senior High School, Missouri, for ninth and tenth grade students considered to be potential drop-outs, and based on hands-on, prevocational courses in core skill areas. (SR)

Examined effects of counseling program to promote career maturity among youth with learning disabilities and other youth at risk of becoming dropouts. First study involved low-achieving students in integrated career program; second used adolescents with learning disabilities. In both studies, students in intervention condition, in contrast to…

Data from participants in the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (582 in 1986, 674 in 1988, 675 in 1989, and 233 after addition of Head Start and Women, Infants, Children) showed that clients in modified program had higher education levels, incomes, and dietary quality. Retention was higher for less educated persons; most attrition was…

Responses to a questionnaire administered to 252 full-time freshmen enrolled in at least 1 remedial course indicated that academic boredom exists and may be related to the following factors: a conflict between student expectations and reality and unmet student need for a high degree of classroom stimulation. (Author/MLW)

Reviews school behavior and attendance policies in Canada as they relate to student attrition. Discusses a sample of schools in which policies have been revised to provide alternative programs to meet the needs of all students, especially those at risk. These schools work with other social agencies to address problems associated with high dropout…

Suggests that the high dropout rate among first-year students in French universities is due in part to economic factors, which push some students into attending school when work is scarce. Differentiates between those who enter school to invest in the future and those who enter by default. (Contains 71 references.) (NB)

Investigates the relationship between stressful life change events and coping strategies, and high school completion status among early adolescents. Discriminant analysis was used to build a prediction model and indicated that the coping factors of Social Activities and Seeking Professional Support significantly predicted high school dropout…

One of the critical goals of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) federal legislation is to raise student achievement. The first thing to do, is ensure that the students are actually in school. If students leave school prematurely, schools will not be able to help them master the skills thought to be necessary in the workplace or in future education.…

Researchers have identified characteristics that place students at risk for school dropout, as well as characteristics specific to Asian American students that influence school maladjustment. Although the Korean American population is growing, little research has been conducted specific to Korean American students who may be at risk for dropping…

Dropout statistics for 1986 indicated that only 55% of dropouts under age 20 were employed, only 31% of male dropouts and one in seven female dropouts were working full-time, and although dropouts were fewer than 20% of the adult population, they constituted 66% of the national prison population. Since that time, the economic costs of dropping out…

Research has confirmed the usefulness of Tinto's model in predicting undergraduate student withdrawal from college and in conceptualizing and explaining the process of student attrition. Tinto proposed that college students are more likely to withdraw if they are insufficiently integrated or if they maintain values sufficiently different from the…

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