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Showing 1 to 20 of 51 for “"High School Dropout"”.
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High School Dropout Experiences: A Social Capital Perspective
… students' experiences with dropping out of high school within a social capital framework. Discussing the stories of high school dropouts provided valuable information related to the root causes of dropout behaviors in a social capital context. This information can be used to develop programs …
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A study of high school dropout rates in a Midwestern community
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Curriculum Track And Its Influences On Predicting High School Dropout Likelihood
Dropping out of school is a major concern as high school graduation credentials have been used as an important measurement tool to define post-secondary success. Numerous researchers presented a multitude of factors that predict dropouts at individual and school levels. Curriculum track choice, or …
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The Relationship between Student Discipline Disproportionality and High School Dropout Rate
… disproportionality in student discipline and high school dropout rate. Using discipline and dropout data from a mid-Atlantic state school district, discipline disproportionality and dropout rate amongst high school African American, Hispanic, and Caucasian male and females over a period of …
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High School Dropout Rates Among Minority Students in a Northern California Suburban Area
… Excellence & Equity (E3) program is about the dropout rates among minority students within a certain county in Northern California. Why are minority students dropping out at higher rates than their white counterparts? The research hypothesis is that the dropout rate is higher among minority …
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Southeast Asian American Students’ Perspectives on Influences that Lead to High School Dropout
<p>High school dropouts continue to happen in the U.S. without a clear solution. Southeast Asian American (SEAA) is a population with significantly disproportionate high school dropout rates and one of the lowest enrollment rates in higher education. This study seeks to challenge the notion that …
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Divided by design: residential segregation and its impact on high school dropout rates in Texas
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2026-05-01
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A qualitative exploration of high school dropout and retention among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in South Africa
In South Africa high school attrition and disengagement rates have been problematic for the past decade with adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) more likely to dropout of school than their male counterparts, especially those AGYW from socio-economically disadvantaged communities. Increased …
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Understanding the High School Dropout Process Through Student Engagement and School Processes: Evidence from the Educational Longitudinal Study of 2002
<p>Dropping out of school has been viewed as a final stage in a cumulative process of disengagement. In recent years, the construct of engagement has received increased attention leading policymakers and scholars to suggest that efforts to increase engagement in school could reduce high school …
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Federal Funds Under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Will Help the High School Dropout Complete His Education
… Secondary Education Act will help the potential dropout student to complete his education.
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Impacts of Parental Resources on Child Educational Outcomes: Assets and Mediating Pathways
… educational outcomes. Also, asset effects on high school dropout are not examined to date, and mediating pathways of social-psychological characteristics are more investigated with educational achievement: e.g. measured by test scores, GPA) rather than educational attainment. In response to …
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A Research Utilization Project: Implementation of an Evidence-Based Behavioral Treatment for Students At-Risk of Dropout at Richland Northeast High School
<p>High school dropout has profound and costly implications for individuals and for society. Failing to graduate from high school has an impact on future earnings, participation in risky behaviors, including criminal activity, and health outcomes. There is a substantial need for utilization of …
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High School Completion: Investigating the roles of social goals, degree of motivation/resiliency, and differential impact of sex among students in an alternative high school
The majority of literature exploring high school completion and dropout has specifically investigated dropout percentages, reasons behind drop out, and what types of students decide to drop out. Information concerning alterable variables and why students complete high school is less abundant. …
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I-25 @ Exit 128
… is a coming-of-age story of Kevin, a 20-year-old high school dropout who washes dishes at a Chinese restaurant in the small, blue-collar town of Fountain, Colorado. The initial conflicts are Kevin losing his job and his mother asking him to move out and find his own place. The reader discovers by …
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A Comparison Of The Factors That Affect Graduation Rates Of Students Enrolled In Dropout Prevention Programs
… rates of students enrolled in five charter high school dropout prevention programs that utilized the same online accelerated curriculum model. The overarching research question was: what factors affected the graduation rates of students enrolled in dropout prevention programs? A mixed …
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Essays on Technology and Work
… smaller for those with one standard deviation higher scores of extraversion. Conscientiousness appears to have no differential impact conditional on other traits. Cognitive ability and education predict a significantly smaller initial drop in earnings but have no long-term advantage. Our …
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Trends in Juvenile Delinquency
… factors such as unemployment rates, high school dropout rates, poverty, and juvenile delinquency case rates in the United States, which are actually the variables that are used in the study to illustrate a relationship between them and the current trend in juvenile delinquency. In …
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The social context of high school dropouts and prevention initiatives : the Québec case
The high school dropout situation in the 1990s is taking on a greater urgency as society moves into an era in which technology and social organization require higher levels of skills and knowledge. This thesis examines how this social problem has evolved. In particular it explores the factors …
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“Pa’ tra’ ni pa’ coger impulso”: parental influences on the education journey of low-income Latino males who “made it” to a four-year university
… from low-income backgrounds have one of the highest high school dropout rates and lowest college enrollment and graduation rates in the United States. Like many disadvantaged students, low-income Latino males face multi-systemic obstacles that limit them from realizing their full potential in …
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