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Lessard, Anne; Butler-Kisber, Lynn; Fortin, Laurier; Marcotte, Diane – Journal of Educational Research, 2014
The authors focused on high school students who were at risk of dropping out and examined why some of these students persevered and graduated while others ended up dropping out of school. Sixty resilient students and 80 dropouts participated in the study. Our results indicate that although learning difficulties were shared by participants, 4 types…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Discourse Analysis, Resilience (Psychology), High School Students
Belley, Philippe; Frenette, Marc; Lochner, Lance – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2011
This paper examines the implications of tuition and need-based financial aid policies for family income--post-secondary (PS) attendance relationships. We first conduct a parallel empirical analysis of the effects of parental income on PS attendance for recent high school cohorts in both the U.S. and Canada using data from the 1997 Cohort of the…
Descriptors: Family Income, Family Characteristics, Foreign Countries, Student Financial Aid