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Progressive Taxation versus College Subsidies with College Dropout
Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2022AbstractThis paper examines what the optimal policy is against the rising skill premium in a heterogeneous agent macroeconomic model in which agents make endogenous enrollment and dropout decisions. Some college enrollees in the model endogenously drop out after learning ability during college.
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The bulletin of the National Association of Secondary School Principals, 1970
"How the student attacks his high school scene definitely is a portent of his persistence in col lege. Not only is this true of academic affairs, as shown by high school rank, but also of extra curricular activities."
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"How the student attacks his high school scene definitely is a portent of his persistence in col lege. Not only is this true of academic affairs, as shown by high school rank, but also of extra curricular activities."
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The Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1966
A review of the literature for the past 10 years with specific references to the dropout problems of colleges and universities. There are three major approaches to the problem prevalent: (a) philosophical or theoretical, (b) descriptive studies, and (c) predictive attempts.
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A review of the literature for the past 10 years with specific references to the dropout problems of colleges and universities. There are three major approaches to the problem prevalent: (a) philosophical or theoretical, (b) descriptive studies, and (c) predictive attempts.
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College Dropouts: Dismissed vs. Withdrew
The Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1968This study investigated the effect of classifying under the common category of “dropout” both those students who are dismissed for academic reasons and those who withdraw voluntarily. Two groups of college dropouts, namely the dismissed and those who withdrew, were compared with a control group of persevering students in performance on cognitive and ...
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College Dropouts and Poor Individuals
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2015Many studies have examined the reasons behind college drop-outs. In contrast to the literature, this study focuses on the impact of a situation of being poor controlling for parents’ characteristics, spouse characteristics and success indicator. Using Cox Proportional Hazard model, the study then finds that the individuals who are from poor families ...
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College Dropouts and Difference Scores
Psychological Reports, 1963It is shown that not only will the usual predictors of college grades such as the Scholastic Aptitude Tests-Verbal and Mathematical (SAT-V & SAT-M) and rank in high school graduating class (HSR) differentiate significantly between college dropouts and non-dropouts but that scores obtained by converting SAT-V, SAT-M, and HSR to normalized T scores ...
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College Dropouts Who Came Back
Harvard Educational Review, 1964An empirical study of college careers provides evidence for this author's assertion that dropout rates have been exaggerated, and that the "normal" time to attain a college degree is more than four years.
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Informational Environments and College Student Dropout
2017In this chapter, an interdisciplinary research group of sociologists and educational scientists discusses how the informational environments of college students influence potential and actual dropout behavior. Previous research has identified academic performance and social integration as the key predictors of student dropout. Our focus is on a further
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The Macroeconomic Cost of College Dropouts
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020More than 40% of US college students drop out without gaining a degree. This paper investigates whether dropouts are largely due to academic ability or financial constraints. I provide empirical evidence that the probability of dropout is strongly associated with both ability and finances–even after controlling for other factors. I build a quantitative
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College dropouts: The developmental logic of psychosocial moratoria
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1986Students who temporarily drop out of college frequently return with a better sense of direction. The reasons for this change are poorly understood. This paper describes several issues leave takers confront-including self-sustenance, autonomy, and escaping a fearful destiny-from a psychodynamic, social, and developmental perspective.
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