This paper presents and discusses data based on the perceptions of 128 persistent school absentees on their initial and continued reasons for missing school. The findings suggest that a greater proportion of the students were inclined to blame their institutions, rather than social or psychological factors, for their behavior. (SSH)

A study of City University of New York (CUNY) career graduates was conducted in 1981-82 to identify variables relating to the length of time taken by students to complete 2-year career programs and attain associate degrees. The study, which focused on business, health technology, and engineering technology graduates, utilized survey and transcript…

Implications of the California Statewide Longitudinal Study (SLS) of community college students are discussed with respect to articulation between secondary, postsecondary, and higher education. After a discussion of student transfer to and from community colleges and an outline of the scope of the paper, a number of issues and problems concerning…

A longitudinal study of full- and part-time students was undertaken at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) to provide institutional data about student performance over time. Each fall from 1967 to 1980, transcripts of a random sample of 200 full-time and 200 part-time beginning credit students were analyzed to obtain data about students'…

A study was conducted at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) to determine why students stopped attending classes during fall 1979 without officially withdrawing. From a group of students who were reported to be not attending classes at midterm, 400 students were selected for the survey. The questionnaire solicited information about why students…

The question of whether students who enrolled in Grand Valley State Colleges in Fall 1975 who exhibit "regular attendance" (enrolled in fall 1975, and also enrolled 3-5 terms later) differ significantly from those who do not exhibit "regular attendance" (enrolled in fall 1975, and not enrolled 3-5 terms late) is examined. No…

The purpose of this study is to provide an overview of the extent to which undergraduates attend multiple institutions as well as the relationship between multiple institution attendance and persistence, attainment, and time to degree. Students who attended multiple institutions are the population of interest here. Subsets of this population will…

Reports on a study of absenteeism and truancy in 36 secondary schools in 4 large Dutch cities. Found that students in vocationally oriented schools had higher rates of truancy. Also found that non-Dutch (ethnic minority) pupils had higher rates of absenteeism and truancy. (CFR)

Chronic non-attendance has generally focused on the distinction between truancy and school refusal: the former has traditionally been linked to conduct disorder, the latter to separation anxiety disorder. However, research has demonstrated that truancy and school refusal exist in the absence of such disorders and, more significantly, that some…

New Jersey After 3 (NJ After 3) is a private, nonprofit organization whose mission is to expand and improve afterschool opportunities for New Jersey's youth. Using both public and private resources, it supports a network of youth-service providers that deliver afterschool services based on NJ After 3's program model. Under an agreement with NJ…

This report is one of nine detailed case studies of small urban high schools that served as the foundation for the Education Resource Strategies (ERS) report "Strategic Designs: Lessons from Leading Edge Small Urban High Schools." These nine schools were dubbed "Leading Edge Schools" because they stand apart from other high…

In order to determine the length of time taken by graduates of Kent State University's Regional Campuses (RC) to obtain an Associate Degree, master records were analyzed for 91% (N=527) of the students who graduated in May 1990. The study considered the relationship between time to associate degree and such factors as campus attended, major,…

A study was conducted at Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC) to determine the extent to which the college's Associate in Arts (AA) degree graduates possessed the characteristics of "nontraditional" students (e.g., older, employed, married, or attending on a part-time or stopout basis). A random sample of 400 AA graduates was drawn from the 2,829…

In 1985, a pilot study was conducted to examine student progress from the community college to the four-year university; the characteristics and completion rates of transfer students; the university academic performance of students who took remedial work at the community college prior to transfer; and the accuracy of community college transfer…

A study was conducted at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) to establish a profile of fall 1980 students and to compare student data with selected community demographic data. Questionnaires were mailed to 498 credit students and 295 continuing education students, soliciting information on sex, marital status, age, occupation, plans, ethnic…