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Online Student Persistence or Attrition: Observations Related to Expectations, Preferences, and Outcomes
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Su, Jian; Waugh, Michael L. – Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 2018
This paper compares the perceptions of two groups of students who participated in the first cohort of the WebIT online Master of Science Degree in Instructional Technology at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville over a two-year period. The program completers (n=11) are the students who completed and graduated from the WebIT program. The…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Masters Programs, Online Courses, Electronic Learning
NEETs versus EETs: An Observational Study in Italy on the Framework of the HEALTH25 European Project
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Nardi, Bernardo; Lucarelli, Chiara; Talamonti, Marta; Arimatea, Emidio; Fiori, Valentina; Moltedo-Perfetti, Andrès – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2015
An observational study of young Italian NEETs (not in education, employment or training) and their EET peers (in education, employment or training) was conducted in the framework of a European Union (EU) project. Main characteristics and behaviours were compared to gain insights into the NEET condition in Italy. The sample included 111 NEETs…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Observation, Demography, Socioeconomic Background
Student Life and Tribulations in the Midlands (UK)
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Gulam, William A.; Ahmed, Jalil; Wilkinson, Vincent – International Journal on School Disaffection, 2005
In the United Kingdom the educational phase that exists between compulsory school (for ages 5-16) and universities is dominated and controlled by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC). This body was established in late 2000 as a state funded quasi-governmental educational agency. This small scale qualitative study of educational provision in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Student Attitudes, Educational Objectives
Fall 1975 Entering Students Not Continuing in the Same Community College in Spring 1977. Student Flow Project, Report No. 25.
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Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. Community Coll. System. – 1977
A survey was conducted of 763 students who were enrolled in Hawaii community colleges during the three semesters fall 1975 through fall 1976 but who were not enrolled in spring 1977, in order to obtain information on the activities and educational plans of these non-continuers, their reasons for non-continuance, and their evaluations of their…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, Community Colleges, Dropouts, Employment Patterns
Two Years Later: Cognitive Gains and School Transitions of NELS:88 Eighth Graders. National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988. Statistical Analysis Report.
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Scott, Leslie A.; And Others – 1995
This report describes the growth in cognitive skills and achievement, and the continuities and discontinuities experienced in school and at home by the eighth-grade cohort of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) during the 2 years between the study's base year (1988) and the first-followup (1990) surveys. The report examines…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Cognitive Processes