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Shea, Peter; Bidjerano, Temi – Online Learning, 2019
Past research suggests that some students are at risk of lower levels of academic performance when studying online compared to students who take coursework only in the classroom. Community college students appear to be among those that struggle in online settings. In this paper, we hypothesize that online course load may influence outcomes for…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Educational Attainment, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students
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Lee, Kyung-Gon; Polachek, Solomon W. – Education Economics, 2018
This paper analyzes how changes in school expenditures affect dropout rates based on data from 466 school districts in New York during the 2003/04 to the 2007/08 school years. Past traditional regression approaches show mixed results in part because school expenditures are likely endogenous, so that one cannot disentangle cause and effect. The…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Budgeting, Budgets, Expenditures
Klein, Doris – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Research demonstrates that the vocational education sector continues to experience an exceptionally high dropout rate, suggesting the need to further understand why students fail to complete their education. However, it was not known what or how the three key factors of admissions practices, staff leadership skills, and accreditation standards…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Case Studies, Vocational Education, Dropout Rate