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Direct linkMilesi, Carolina; Lansing, Jiffy; Bell, Katie Claussen; Goerge, Robert; Stagner, Matthew – Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 2010
Much research and many policy initiatives to date have focused on access to postsecondary education. However, despite the fact that college attendance has increased considerably over the last three decades, the proportion of students who complete college has decreased. This lack of persistence and degree completion in college, especially among…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Academic Persistence, College Attendance, Education Work Relationship
Download full textAllen, Lili; Almeida, Cheryl; Steinberg, Adria – Jobs for the Future, 2004
Many young people learn a discouraging set of lessons between the ages of 16 and 24. They come to see secondary school as irrelevant, available jobs as demeaning, and their prospects and choices as diminishing. Some continue to "drop in" to school long enough to get a diploma, but leave lacking the skills or interest to pursue further education.…
Descriptors: Urban Youth, Out of School Youth, Educational Environment, Functional Behavioral Assessment
Tierney, William G., Ed.; Colyar, Julia E., Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2006
This book documents a year in the life of five adolescents preparing for college. The text examines the different pathways that brought these students to where they are: living in poverty, attending overcrowded schools, and the pressure to be the first in their families to attend college are just a few of the challenges these students must battle…
Descriptors: High School Students, Access to Education, Student Characteristics, Higher Education
