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Flynn, Alison B. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2015
Organic chemistry is a traditionally difficult subject with high failure & withdrawal rates and many areas of conceptual difficulty for students. To promote student learning and success, four undergraduate organic chemistry and spectroscopy courses at the first to third year level (17-420 students) were "flipped" in 2013-2014. In the…
Descriptors: Spectroscopy, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Course Evaluation
Musu-Gillette, Lauren; de Brey, Cristobal; McFarland, Joel; Hussar, William; Sonnenberg, William; Wilkinson-Flicker, Sidney – National Center for Education Statistics, 2017
This report uses statistics to examine current conditions and changes over time in education activities and outcomes for different racial/ethnic groups in the United States. This report shows that over time, students in the racial/ethnic groups of White, Black, Hispanic, Asian, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska…
Descriptors: Trend Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Racial Differences, Ethnic Groups

Young, Anne McDougall – Monthly Labor Review, 1983
Documents the sharp decrease in the percentage of 16- to 24-year-olds in the labor force between October 1981 and October 1982 as the last of the post-World War II baby-boom generation completed high school. States that this trend will probably continue through the 1980s as enrollments continue to decline. (NJ)
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Employment Patterns, Labor Force, Unemployment
Dickerson, Richard; And Others – 1986
The first section of this report provides information comparing selected dropout data from the Virginia State Department of Education's publication "Facing Up" for the years 1980-1985. The report states that the comparisons were made to show the need to continue efforts to reduce the number of dropouts and to provide programs for those…
Descriptors: Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Kolstad, Andrew J. – American Education, 1981
The author compares new estimates of college dropout rates with earlier studies, examines trends in enrollment rates and degree awards, and presents estimates of enrollment inflows and outflows. (SK)
Descriptors: College Attendance, Dropout Rate, Educational Attainment, Enrollment Trends
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific. – 1987
This handbook synthesizes results of workshops organized by seven countries (India, Pakistan, Philippines, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam) on the dropout and underachievement problem. The objectives of these workshops were to: (1) design training strategies for reducing rates of dropping out and grade repetition; (2) develop plans and…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research
Frey, Susan; Perry, Mary; Brazil, Noli; Oregon; Isabel – EdSource, 2005
The typical high school has not changed significantly over the past 50 years. Faculty members are segregated into departments based on their subject, and students rush from one 50-minute class to another throughout the seven-hour day. Reform efforts, however, are growing both nationally and in California. Reformers say that high school students…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Socioeconomic Status, Ethnicity, High School Students
Bean, John P.; Creswell, John W. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1980
A profile of exit prone students evolved from the application of a model of dropout among liberal arts college women. Findings indicate family responsibilities make women more likely to leave; college's perceived practical value makes women less likely to leave. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Dropout Rate, Education Work Relationship, Family Influence

Campbell, Clifton P. – Journal of Epsilon Pi Tau, 1981
Discusses prevocational education in Saudi Arabia: separate schools for boys and girls, primary school curriculum, factors contributing to academic failure and dropout rates, prevocational training centers, educational facilities, program restructuring, and curriculum revitalization. (CT)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Curriculum Design, Dropout Rate, Educational Facilities

Cross, Theodore L. – Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, 1993
Examines the impact of affirmative-action college-admission policies on black student dropout rates in the nation's top higher education institutions. Black student dropout rate comparative data are provided that show graduation rate percentages of Ivy League schools, less-selective state universities, and historically black colleges. (GLR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affirmative Action, Black Colleges, Blacks
Dade County Grand Jury, Miami, FL. – 1984
The final report of a Florida Grand Jury investigation of the school dropout situation in Dade County is presented in this document. Information contained in the report was drawn from a questionnaire administered to 264 dropouts and potential dropouts, from a second questionnaire administered to 323 elementary school teachers, and from the…
Descriptors: Black Students, Delinquency, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics

Cranston-Gingras, Ann; Anderson, Donna J. – School Counselor, 1990
Provides basic information for school counselors about migrant students. Describes programs that are available for these students, programs which were developed to help compensate for the educational problems that occur as a result of the lifestyle of migrant families. (ABL)
Descriptors: Counselor Role, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate
Zachman, Jill M. – 1987
This report presents the findings of a review of 45 selected references on issues associated with high risk students and dropouts. The literature was analyzed according to: (1) the manner in which high risk students and dropouts are characterized; (2) the suggested causes and conditions driving the problems of high risk and dropping out; (3) the…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate, Educational Improvement
Gottfredson, Denise C. – 1986
Project PATHE (Positive Action Through Holistic Education) was a 3-year delinquency prevention program implemented in seven schools by the Charleston County, Maryland public school system between 1980 and 1983. An evaluation of the PATHE program was conducted which compared PATHE schools to two non-PATHE schools. Year-to-year differences in the…
Descriptors: Delinquency Prevention, Dropout Rate, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1986
The study provides an overview of what national surveys and the literature say about school dropouts, defined as persons who are neither enrolled in school nor high school graduates. For the last decade, the dropout rate for youth age 16-24 has remained roughly the same, about 13-14 percent. Hispanics, Blacks, and economically and educationally…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Continuation Students, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Programs