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Download full textSheldrake, Peter – Vestes, 1976
A number of factors that might have been thought to be important in contributing to student dropout appear to have had little effect on variations in the dropout rate at Flinders. Two factors do appear to be important: the relatively open entry system to Australian universities, and the higher failure rate of part-time students. (LBH)
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate, Failure, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedJournal of At-Risk Issues, 2001
Presents data on dropout rates and number and distribution of adolescents/young adults who were dropouts, noting background characteristics (sex, race/ethnicity, age, recency of immigration, and region) for October 1998. Data are provided on status dropout rate, number status dropouts, total population age 16-24 years, percent of all dropouts, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Demography, Dropout Characteristics
Direct linkMatthews, Michael S. – Roeper Review, 2006
Dropping out of school has been presented as a serious problem affecting gifted students, with some authors suggesting that 20% or more of dropouts could be gifted (e.g., Rimm, 1995; Robertson, 1991). Longitudinal data from North Carolina were used to investigate high-school dropout rates among gifted students (N = 7916) who had participated in a…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Dropout Rate, Talent, Dropouts
Tuck, Kathy D. – 1992
This report presents statistics from the second year (1990-91) of the District of Columbia Public Schools' (DCPS) implementation of procedures to identify and track student dropouts. Other school "leaver" data was also collected. The primary data presented in this report focuses on secondary school dropouts (grades 7-12). However,…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Tutin, Judith; Kessler, Marc – 1982
It has been estimated that the most pressing problem in community mental health care clinics is dropout, defined as unilateral termination by the client without therapist approval. To clarify the nature of dropout patients, 133 outpatient records at a rural community mental health center were examined over a one year period. Variables expected to…
Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Delivery Systems, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate
West Virginia State Dept. of Education, Charleston. Div. of General and Special Educational Development. – 1987
Reported in this document are dropout statistics from the State of West Virginia for the school year 1985-86. This annual survey of the 55 county school systems has been conducted since the 1968-69 school year. Topics surveyed include Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) status, exit interviews, grade at exit, month dropout left…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Robledo, Maria del Refugio, Ed. – 1986
This report summarizes the results of a large-scale study of the dropout problem in Texas. The report is divided into three major sections which deal with these questions, respectively: (1) What is the magnitude of the dropout problem in Texas? (2) What is the economic impact of the dropout problem for Texas? and (3) What is the nature and…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate
RANDALL, CHARLES V.; AND OTHERS – 1966
THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE IN THE BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT THE DROPOUT RATE, DROPOUT CHARACTERISTICS, AND WHAT HAPPENS TO THE STUDENT AFTER HE DROPS OUT. THE DATA IS DESIGNED TO BE USED TO DETERMINE WAYS TO REDUCE THE DROPOUT RATE. THE BLOOMINGTON DROPOUT RATE IS HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL DROPOUT RATE BECAUSE GENERAL…
Descriptors: Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate
Nevada State Dept. of Education, Carson City. – 1966
THIS DOCUMENT PRESENTS STATISTICAL DATA OF SCHOOL DROPOUTS AND SCHOOL HOLDING POWER IN NEVADA. THE DATA ARE BASED ON RECORDS SUBMITTED BY ALL NEVADA SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVING PUPILS IN GRADES 7 THROUGH 12 DURING THE SCHOOL YEARS 1963-64 AND 1964-65. THESE DATA INCLUDE AGE, GRADE, SEX, ETHNIC GROUPING, CAUSAL FACTORS FOR LEAVING, ACHIEVEMENT,…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research
Newby, John M; Kline, George – 1974
This study, conducted by the Office of Institutional Research began with an examination of the incident of attrition among first-time freshmen who enrolled in the College during the fall semesters of the years 1967-72. Included in this document is: (1) attrition rates for the period covering 1967 to 1972; (2) a profile of the withdrawing Spring…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Church Related Colleges, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate
Rabinowitz, Stanley; Zimmerman, Joy; Sherman, Kerry – 2001
This report proposes that not enough good data or research has been done to settle the debate over whether testing affects high school dropout rates. Advocates argue that the threat of missing out on a diploma or of being retained motivates students to work harder, resulting in higher academic achievement. Critics argue that failing a high school…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Mindy L. Crain-Dorough – ProQuest LLC, 2003
This sequential, three-phase study used quantitative analyses to examine the characteristics of student dropouts and the characteristics of schools successful and unsuccessful in mediating dropouts. Narrative profiles were created to describe types of students and types of dropouts. Phase I consisted of three parts, each using the student as the…
Descriptors: Students, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Institutional Characteristics
Stanley, Kylie R.; Plucker, Jonathan A. – Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana University, 2008
In May 2008, the Center for Evaluation & Education Policy (CEEP) issued the Education Policy Brief, "Calculating High School Graduation Rates," which discussed the importance of accurate and reliable high school graduation data, various graduation rate calculation methods, the history behind the use of particular methodologies, and…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Intervention, Graduation Rate, Dropout Prevention
Bourner, Tom; And Others – 1991
A questionnaire survey sought to determine the characteristics of part-time university students in Great Britain, the reasons why they choose part-time study, the difficulties they encounter, the extent and incidence of non-completion, and to identify examples of "good practice" in the provision and management of part-time degree…
Descriptors: Career Development, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate, Dropouts
Los Angeles Unified School District, CA. Research and Evaluation Branch. – 1986
This document provides information on the number of secondary school students in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) who left school before graduating in the 1982-83 school term. Data on early leavers received from 132 high schools concerned: (1) grade; (2) sex; (3) date of birth; (4) ethnicity; and (5) reason for leaving. The…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research, Dropouts
