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Stuhr, Christian – 1987
A study sought to discover several general principles of student attrition, based on investigations into students dropping out of school carried out between 1973 and 1986. These investigations included a survey of 21 head instructors and 289 students at an Ontario community college, impressions gained from students dropping out of adult basic…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Education, Adult Students, American Indians
Osborne, V. Con; And Others – 1986
While the number of minority students in postsecondary education has climbed since 1970, the rates of minority graduation are still too low. Factors adding to the dropout rate include: inadequate finances, poor academic preparation, low motivation, poor study habits, low basic skills, and low institutional support. This paper describes support…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Cultural Differences, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Saskatchewan Inst. of Applied Science and Technology, Saskatoon. – 2000
This is a study of the dropout rate during the 1998-99 academic year at Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology (SIAST). A total of 1,025 of 7,174 students (14%) withdrew from their program of study before the end of the year. This report categorizes the reasons for leaving as follows: (1) exited by institute; (2) personal…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Attrition (Research Studies), Community Colleges, Dropout Characteristics
Nyberg Consultants, Ltd. – 1994
This is the third and final year-end report on the START program in Alberta (Canada). START was a dropout prevention project funded by Alberta Education and Alberta/NWT Region Human Resources Development Canada, successor to Employment and Immigration Canada. START addressed dropout prevention through a variety of school and community initiatives…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Attendance, Case Studies
Obadia, Andre A.; Theriault, Claire M. L. – 1995
Motivated by attrition in French immersion programs in Canada, a study was undertaken of the perceptions of French coordinators, helping teachers, school principals, and French immersion teachers in British Columbia (Canada) school districts regarding the attrition rate and students' reasons for leaving immersion. The research differed from…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Administrator Attitudes, Dropout Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education
Chapman, Judy – Education Canada, 2002
A program in British Columbia places at-risk high school students with one teacher for the remainder of their high school years. The integrated curriculum, constructed to be relevant to their lives, combined with the emphasis on respect, compassion, trustworthiness, and tolerance have enabled almost 100 students to graduate from the program. (TD)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Classroom Environment, Dropout Prevention, Educational Innovation
Chinien, Christian A.; Boutin, France – High School Journal, 2002
Many young Canadians drop out of school because they cannot cope with the information demand imposed upon them by school learning. A study was conducted to help at-risk students to enhance their metacognitive skills through cognitive augmentation and transfer training. All teachers involved in the project were interviewed by an external evaluator…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Dropout Prevention, High Risk Students, Metacognition
Nyberg Consultants, Ltd. – 1994
START was a dropout prevention project funded by Alberta Education and Alberta/NWT Region Human Resources Development Canada, successor to Employment and Immigration Canada. START addressed dropout prevention through a variety of school and community initiatives primarily targeting students in the junior high school years. In the 1993-94 school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Case Studies, Dropout Prevention
Levi, Marion; Ziegler, Suzanne – 1991
This report is an examination of recommended and actual school-based guidance policies, programs, and practices for young adolescents. The information is drawn from Canadian and international publications, and from a survey of guidance and career education programs for grades 7-8 in Ontario boards of education and schools, called The 1990 Ontario…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Dropout Prevention, Foreign Countries, Grade 7
Canada Employment and Immigration Commission, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1990
The Canadian government is meeting the rising demand for highly skilled workers with a $296.4 million national dropout prevention initiative over five years. This document, written in both English and French, describes the initiative. More than half of the funds will be allocated to programs and services, more than a quarter to mobilizing…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Computer Oriented Programs, Cooperative Programs, Dropout Prevention

Soudack, Avi – Guidance & Counselling, 1996
Examines the impact and implementation of the Community-Based Education for Work, Career and Life (CWCL) pilot project in Canada. Subjects were classes from two elementary and one secondary school. Subjects visited community workplaces and participated in small group hands-on activities. A discussion of the findings is included. (SNR)
Descriptors: Careers, Community Education, Community Programs, Dropout Prevention
Literacy across the Curriculum, 1992
The first of four issues in this volume consists of these articles: "The Fourth 'R'--Relating"; "On Baseball Cards and Literacy"; "On Literacy and Success"; "National Assessments: What They Can and Cannot Do"; and "In the Classroom: The Integrated Journal." It also contains two book reviews and a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts
Johnson, Genevieve M.; Buck, George H. – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1995
A survey of 498 undergraduate students withdrawing from a Canadian university was used to develop a model of student attrition. Students frequently attributed withdrawal to personal characteristics, institutional factors, and societal variables. Student academic performance was a causal factor for university-initiated withdrawal, and student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Environment, College Students, Decision Making

O'Donoghue, Fiona; Lupart, Judy – Exceptionality Education Canada, 2003
This article focuses primarily on the relevant joint history and initiatives for students who are at-risk in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, which became separate territories in April 1999. It describes programs and services for students who are at-risk, challenges that need to be overcome, and future directions. (Contains references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Canada Natives, Classification, Definitions, Delivery Systems
Talbot, Gilles L. – 1981
Previous research has suggested that extrinsic rewards operate to decrease intrinsic motivation to perform a task when they are offered for an initially intrinsically motivating task and then removed. To determine the initial intrinsic motivation of studying, 170 Canadian community college students were divided into one control and four treatment…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Curriculum Development, Dropout Prevention