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Direct linkKlein, 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
Kasouha, Abeir – ProQuest LLC, 2011
With the open door enrollment polices that community colleges have, diversity is increasingly present in community colleges. This diversity includes ability levels, ethnicity, and English as a Second Language learners (ESL). This raises a big issue of having a big gap in academic preparation among students within the same classroom. To solve this…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Statistical Analysis, Correlation, Language Proficiency
Fears-Hackett, Lisa – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation analyzes the motivations, perspectives, and barriers of adult learners returning to school to receive a high school diploma after previously dropping out of a traditional high school setting. Specifically, this study explored the backgrounds, discrimination factors, income variables, perspectives, and environmental and emotional…
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, African American Students, Hispanic American Students, Student Attitudes
Darrow, Robert Worthington – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The percentage of students who graduate from high school within four years in the United States has remained between 65 and 70% since the late 1960s. Despite various educational reforms, the number of students who are at-risk of dropping out of high school has remained constant, increasing in some years and decreasing in other years. Two…
Descriptors: High Schools, Charter Schools, Dropouts, Comparative Analysis
Martinez, Beate M. Winter – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study is to describe the difference in the academic achievement of urban Hispanic high school students based on the small learning community theme. The study used a quantitative method of ex post facto research to examine how the academic achievement of Hispanic high school students differs across the themes of small…
Descriptors: High Schools, Dropout Rate, Academic Achievement, Exit Examinations
Koligian, Sarah Lynne – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of per-pupil funding, the amount allocated to fund students in K-12 public education, and how this funding related to student achievement. This is one of the most contentious issues in education, especially in light of the current economy in California, where the state budget crisis has…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Resource Allocation, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Education
