Responses from 165 of 552 noncompleting vocational students in Northern Ireland revealed that noncompletion was not a result of prior academic performance, social integration, or preentry factors. Rather, it resulted from a complex decision-making process influenced by a variety of factors such as cost, satisfaction with the college, obtaining…

Examined how the fulfillment of college expectations affects students' social integration. Path analysis showed that the fulfillment of social expectations for college positively affects both social integration and subsequent institutional commitment; the greater the degree of these, the more likely students will re-enroll in the university. (EV)

This article discusses the contents of the regulation issued by the Ministry of Education in March 2005 with respect on student management in higher education institutions. The issued regulation contains the following chapters: (1) General Principles; (2) Student Rights and Obligations; (3) Management of Student Status Records; (4) Withdrawal or…

This paper reports on a study at Molepolole College of Education (MCE) involving teachers and tutors in the Diploma in Primary Education (DPE) program by distance mode, an in-service program aimed at upgrading academic and professional qualifications of primary school teachers in Botswana. The study sought to understand the level of access and the…

To determine if certain non-intellectual factors affected educational persistence, three null-hypotheses were tested for both sexes, namely, that there i s no significant difference between (1) those who persist (P) and those who withdraw (W), (2) those who persist (P) and those who are dismissed (D), and (3) those who withdraw(W) and those who…

In order to measure the effect of early morning and weekend scheduling at William Rainey Harper College, six different survey forms were developed and sent to the following groups of students: students taking six selected courses at 7 a.m., students taking the courses during regular times of the week, and students taking the courses on the…

Vancouver City College conducted a 3-year study on two groups of students who transferred from that institution to the University of British Columbia. The first group transferred after completing one year of college and the second group after two years. The academic performance and degree attainment of the two transfer groups were compared, and it…

CUMMULATIVE GRADE POINT AVERAGES OF 3,455 STUDENTS (FALL 1965) ARE COMPARED WITH OCCUPATIONAL GOALS, AND VERBAL AND QUANTITATIVE ABILITY STANINES. IN THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES (AGRICULTURE, BUSINESS, ENGINEERING, HEALTH), TERMINAL STUDENTS ARE REPRESENTED SEPARATE FROM TRANSFER STUDENTS. FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS ARE ALSO INCLUDED FOR HIGH SCHOOL…

This report contains statistical data on absentee and withdrawal rates for the Eugene (Oregon) School District 4J. Included are data showing attendance patterns, as well as descriptions of coding practices for all elementary, junior high, and senior high schools in the district. The data, displayed in numerical tables, show that absentee and…

Study made at Brooklyn, City, Hunter and Queens Colleges of the City University of New York compared the number of students in 1955 and 1960 freshman classes who graduated, and documented findings relative to reasons for withdrawal. (AD)

This survey of Australian college students provides support for an alternative explanation of attrition for a specific group of university students: students who planned to withdraw from their original program of study after facilitating entry to another undergraduate degree. (EV)

Within the context of funding changes in further education, a British study of three training providers with successful retention programs found that two further education colleges were more successful than an industry provider. Key factors in reducing student withdrawal included support and guidance services for trainees, delivery of key skills,…

The influence of student problems, which are often cited by students as reasons for withdrawal, is compared with the influence of constructs derived from Tinto's student attrition model. The findings suggest that data from post-hoc attrition studies should be used cautiously. (Author/MLW)

Ethnography was applied to investigate 47 students' ability to persist in distance education courses in resource management and environment-related subjects. Results have been useful in deriving a classification of situational, institutional, dispositional, and epistemological problems shared by withdrawers and persisters in a broader context.…