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Cuellar, Alfredo – 1991
An ethnographic study is presented, which attempts to gain a better understanding of the gap between California high school students who are at-risk, who eventually drop out, and who are academically successful. Focus is on families, teacher student relationships, peer influence, and social context. A sample of 10 high achieving and 10 low…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, Comparative Analysis, Dropouts
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Abrahamse, Allan F.; And Others – Family Planning Perspectives, 1988
Analysis of data from the High School and Beyond panel study indicates that the willingness to consider single motherhood can be linked to the following: (1) nonconforming behavior; (2) educational opportunity costs; and (3) for whites and Hispanics, depression. This report examined 13,061 females from the 1980 sophomore cohort who responded to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Blacks, Cohort Analysis