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Giroux, Catherine M.; Corkett, Julie K.; Carter, Lorraine M. – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2016
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) is a complex, often invisible, connective tissue disorder that has arguably profound psychosocial and academic impact on postsecondary students. It is an underdiagnosed and misunderstood condition that is the focus of little research, particularly within the social sciences. Several factors influence the academic…
Descriptors: College Students, Physical Disabilities, Student Needs, Psychological Patterns
Pauker, Jerome D.; And Others – 1988
This composition of related attendance studies of both Canada and the United States includes (1) a review of school attendance/nonattendance literature for 1975-86, the results, and a discussion involving the topics of nonattendance correlations, causes, and intervention; (2) a survey of compulsory school attendance legislation, the results, and a…
Descriptors: Attendance, Attendance Patterns, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Harte, Austin J. – 1995
This document provides an overview of the student absentee problem in Canada. It extrapolates the principles and components from the vast range of intervention strategies and projects, and offers a strategy for improving school attendance. Literature on absenteeism written after 1985 demonstrates a shift of focus from the student as truant to the…
Descriptors: Attendance, Attendance Patterns, Compulsory Education, Elementary Secondary Education