The results of the first semester's work of the Withdrawal Office of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, are presented in four reports. A brief historical overview and introduction by Deborah Hazel Johnson describes the objectives of implementing a withdrawal procedure, the purposes of the Withdrawal Office, and procedures that were used…

A survey of 145 postsecondary programs for hearing-impaired students in North America gathered data pertaining to attrition rates. Estimated attrition rates were found to be lowest for the group of programs primarily offering diplomas, with a rate of 59 percent, and highest for those offering Associate degrees, with a rate of 79 percent.…

Describes the pattern of student demand, progress and withdrawal over the first four years of the Open University in Great Britain. Appendix contains the problems inherent in comparing the Open University with other institutions. (Editor/PG)

The results of a computerized tracking system and followup studies of nonreturning students indicate that the nonreturning student statistic at Mercer County Community College (New Jersey) has been due to intermittent enrollment, changes in personal plans, and completion of individual student objectives, rather than to the failure of the student…

A study involving 42 randomly selected students enrolled in a developmental course at Trident Technical College in Spring 1979 was conducted to determine the impact of career information on students' career awareness, motivation, and academic achievement. Two sections of the course were designated as the control group and received only regularly…

Comparative statistics on course attrition in the Maricopa County Community College District are presented for Fall 1971 through Fall 1980. After plotting high point enrollment (final number of students enrolled in a course plus withdrawals and audits), end of semester enrollment (the final number of students enrolled in a course), and percentage…

This paper presents the results of a study that was conducted to determine the effects of court ordered desegregation on student attendance and mobility. The study documented and isolated the attendance and mobility patterns of Title I children, with similar attention given to the attendance and mobility patterns on non-Title I children and…

This report, part three of a long-range study of persistence and performance in California's community colleges, presents rates of non-persistence for the sample of 35,000 students during 1972-73, their first year of enrollment. About 18 percent of the new students enrolled for credit withdrew from all classes before the end of the fall term. An…

This report, the fourth part of a long-range study of persistence and performance in California's community colleges, deals with the performance of the 82 percent of the 35,000 student sample who entered the California community college system in fall 1972 and completed at least one term. Sixty percent of the total sample continued beyond one…

This paper provides a brief analysis of enrollment and withdrawal data for Mexican-American and non-Mexican-American students at Reedley College. The study was conducted subsequent to an expressed concern that perhaps the college could do more toward recruitment and retention of minority students. Results of an analysis of enrollment and…

Since telecourses were first offered in the Dallas County Community College District in the fall of 1972, consistent efforts have been made to evaluate their instructional effectiveness and the degree to which they satisfy the needs of enrolled students. This report presents a summary of the evaluation projects which were conducted during the…

Presents results of a survey of course withdrawal policies at two-year colleges in Iowa, focusing on deadlines, grades given for dropped courses, drop initiation procedures, and recent policy changes. Finds that most schools permit students to drop classes late in the term with a nonpunitive grade. Discusses practical implications. (DMM)

This paper extends Minar's (1974) semilog wage regression method to include those who interrupted their schooling with years of work. Schooling and the duration of the interruption interact to create nonlinearities in the rate of return to schooling. The method is applied to Vietnam era G.I. students and civilian interrupters. (Author/BW)

This survey analyzes the characteristics of students who dropped all of their classes at City College of San Francisco (CCSF) before the college's census date. The survey finds that students who drop all of their classes are similar to students who remain enrolled, yet tend to be older, to hold a college-level degree, and to hold at least one…

This study extended the knowledge of the explanatory power of Tinto's theoretical model of college persistence/withdrawal through a multi-institutional validation. Path analysis was used to test the model overall and at three different groupings of postsecondary institutions: four-year, predominantly residential; and four-year, and two-year,…