Several results emerge from the study: The reasons
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Several results emerge from the study: The reasons students cite for leaving school vary widely, with women more likely to leave because of pregnancy or marriage and men more likely to leave to go to work; family background strongly influen
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Sourced from the stated research gap and abstract of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 1968 and 2005, spanning 3 journals. Those papers have been cited 267 times in total.
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- College Dropouts: Dismissed vs. Withdrew (1968) · The Personnel and Guidance Journal · doi
The tendency to lump together all students who leave college before obtaining a baccalaureate can cancel out factors that differentiate between students who become dropouts due to academic failure and those who decide to forego their education temporarily or transfer to another institution. There is a need to differentiate between students who become dropouts due to academic failure and those who decide to forego their education temporarily or transfer to another institution.
generalstated research gapKeywords: tendency lump together all students leave college before - Dropping Out of High School: The Influence of Race, Sex, and Family Background (1983) · American Educational Research Journal · cited 267× · doi
Several results emerge from the study: The reasons students cite for leaving school vary widely, with women more likely to leave because of pregnancy or marriage and men more likely to leave to go to work; family background strongly influences the propensity to drop out of school and accounts for virtually all the racial differences in dropout rates; various other factors, including ability and aspirations, also influence this decision.
generalabstractevidence 5/5Keywords: school likely leave several emerge reasons students cite leaving vary widely women pregnancy marriage family - Reducing Attrition Rates for Maori Students (2005) · Journal of developmental education
Although research regarding ethnicity and retention in higher education have rendered mixed results, characteristics that may be related to students from minority groups-such as being a first-generation college student (Richardson & Skinner, 1992), having poor academic preparation (Hoyt, 1998; Richardson & Skinner), or failing to be involved in campus social and intellectual life (Tinto, 1993)-have been shown to influence dropout behaviour.
generalabstractevidence 5/5Keywords: richardson skinner regarding ethnicity retention higher education rendered mixed characteristics related students minority groups first
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