Are the Factors Affecting Dropout Behavior Related to Initial Enrollment Intensity for College Undergraduates?     

Leslie S. Stratton  Dennis M. O&#;Toole  James N. Wetzel 《Research in higher education》2007,48(4):453-485

We use data from the 1990/1994 Beginning Post-Secondary Survey to determine whether the factors associated with long-term attrition from higher education differ for students who initially enrolled part-time as compared to for students who initially enrolled full-time. Using a two-stage sequential decision model to analyze the initial enrollment intensity decision jointly with attrition, we find no evidence of correlation in the unobservables that necessitates joint estimation, but substantial evidence that the factors associated with attrition differ by initial enrollment status. The timing of initial enrollment, academic performance, parental education, household characteristics, and economic factors had a substantially greater impact on those initially enrolled full-time, while racial and ethnic characteristics had a greater impact on those initially enrolled part-time. The results of our study suggest that separate specifications are necessary to identify at-risk full-time as compared with at-risk part-time students. The data employed here were generated while working under a grant supported in part by the Association for Institutional Research, the National Center for Education Statistics, and the National Science Foundation under the Association for Institutional Research 1999 Improving Institutional Research in Post-secondary Educational Institutions Grant Program. The Spencer Foundation Small Grants program provided funding for the analysis. Leslie Stratton gratefully acknowledges additional support from a 2001 Faculty Excellence Award from Virginia Commonwealth University. Referees from the 2005 Southern Economic Association meetings and from Research in Higher Education provided very helpful comments. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Spencer Foundation, the Association for Institutional Research, the National Center for Education Statistics, or the National Science Foundation.  相似文献   

A multinomial logit model of college stopout and dropout behavior     

Leslie S. Stratton  Dennis M. O’TooleJames N. Wetzel 《Economics of Education Review》2008

Studies of college attrition typically assume that all attrition is permanent. We use data from the 1990/94 Beginning Postsecondary Survey to distinguish between long-term dropout and short-term stopout behavior in order to test that assumption. We find significant differences between those who stop out and those who drop out in the first year. Failure to recognize these differences biases the results of standard attrition models and hence may cause policy makers to pursue inappropriate policy initiatives or incorrectly target at-risk populations. Furthermore, the type of financial aid received is found to have a differential impact on stopout versus dropout probabilities.  相似文献   

Incompetence in school psychology: The case of “Dr. Gestalt”     

Joseph G. Rosenfeld  Ralph F. Blanco 《Psychology in the schools》1974,11(3):263-269

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Selected guidance system components related to instruction     

Dennis E. Nelson  G. Brian Jones 《Psychology in the schools》1970,7(2):153-158

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Estimating training efforts/costs: A follow-up “final report” (part I)     

Roseann Milcos  Dennis J. Sullivan  Jeanne M. Hebein  Robert J. Casey 《Performance Improvement》1987,26(5):24-29

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Correction to: What do upper‑elementary and middle school teachers know about the processes of text comprehension?     

Davis  Dennis S.  Tenore  F. Blake  McElhone  Dot  DeIaco  Robyn 《Reading and writing》2022,35(9):2285-2285

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The Tao of Empowerment     

Betty J. Dennis 《Performance Improvement Quarterly》1991,4(4):71-80

After all the trendy approaches to improving performance have failed, where can we look for the wisdom we need to advise management on how to overcome employee apathy? The concept of employee empowerment is far from new. Five thousand years ago, the sages of ancient China first formulated the principles of Tao, the primal power that forges all phenomena in the universe. They believed that each individual was a microcosm of the universe. Twenty–five hundred years ago, gifted Chinese scholar Lao-tzu eloquently and concisely described the power that comes from being in harmony with the evolving force of nature. The principles Lao-tzu set forth in Tao Te Ching are as valid today as they were 26 centuries ago. They challenge us to use nature as our model, balancing the extremes in life and work, not causing them; to discover intellectual independence, relying on our own inspiration and instincts; to practice simplicity; to build personal power through awareness and knowledge, and to direct events without resorting to force.  相似文献   

A qualitative study of secondary-school students’ perceptions of interpersonal teacher behaviour in Hong Kong     

Sivan  Atara  Chan  Dennis W. K. 《Learning Environments Research》2022,25(2):305-324

Learning Environments Research - This qualitative study explored Hong Kong students’ views and reactive emotions towards interpersonal teacher behaviour in their classrooms. Fifteen...  相似文献   

Software review: Mystat™: A personal version of systat (statistical)     

Sidney Leland Stepp  Dennis W. Leitner 《Performance Improvement》1989,28(5):33-34

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Production specialists and the I. D. process     

Joanne Namy  Dennis Pett 《Performance Improvement》1981,20(5):14-15

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