A Study of Excessive Absenteeism in High School Students: Confronting the Dilemma of Why It Occurs and Strategies to Overcome the Problem

Absenteeism among adolescents is a concern for school administrators. Using a qualitative research design by intensively interviewing twenty-eight high school students whose records indicate poor attendance habits, this study focuses on the students' perspectives of explanations for absenteeism. The twenty-eight students were enrolled in two suburban high schools demographically similar. The students were enrolled during the 1984-85 school year.

Name thesis:degree_name

Educat.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Reczkiewicz, Kenneth Mitchell

• Education, Administration

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8711858

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/69108