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Active Student Care – Lowering Student Dropout [PDF]

open access: possible, 2011
The article describes different actions that have been taken at the Engineering college of Aarhus in order to reduce the dropout rate. The actions include brush-up math course, study techniques, exam training, networks of minority students, but most important conversations with students and students mentoring scheme.
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Student mobility and school dropout

Social Science Research, 2007
Abstract Although several studies have linked adolescent residential and school mobility to an increased risk of dropping out of school, the reasons for this association have not been examined thoroughly. Using data from approximately 8500 respondents to the first two waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), we ...
Scott J. South   +2 more
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Freshman Year Dropouts: Interactions Between Student and School Characteristics and Student Dropout Status

Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk (JESPAR), 2006
Data from a large school district in the southwestern United States were analyzed to investigate relations between student and school characteristics and high school freshman dropout patterns. Application of a multilevel logistic regression model to student dropout data revealed evidence of school-to-school differences in student dropout rates and ...
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[Dropout risk among medical students].

Orvosi hetilap, 2019
Introduction: From 2015, medical education has introduced a cost-reimbursement for medical students who do not reach the yearly rising weighted average. Aim: The authors examine the dropout behaviour of Hungarian medical students. Method: Analysis of the Higher Education Information System based on the database of those who started their medical ...
Marianna, Dinyáné Szabó   +2 more
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Dropout Prevention and Student Engagement

2020
Our work in dropout prevention and student engagement grew out of the development, implementation, and evaluation of Check & Connect. Student engagement is the foundation of theory and interventions to promote school completion. As we worked to study and understand successful school completion efforts, interest in student engagement was growing among ...
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Informational Environments and College Student Dropout

2017
In 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
Steffen Hillmert   +3 more
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AI In Academia: Forecasting Student Dropouts

International Journal Of Scientific Research In Engineering & Technology
Student dropout is a major challenge in higher education, often linked to academic, demographic, and socioeconomic factors. This study uses machine learning techniques to predict student dropout and support early intervention. A dataset containing attributes like attendance, CGPA, internet access, parental education, and socioeconomic status was ...
Dr. Deepali Y. Kirange   +1 more
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Modeling Student Dropout in Tutoring Systems

2014
Intelligent tutors have been shown to be almost as effective as human tutors in supporting learning in many domains. However, the construction of intelligent tutors can be costly. One way to address this problem is to use previously collected data to generate models to provide intelligent feedback to otherwise non-personalized tutors.
Michael Eagle, Tiffany Barnes
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Dropout Rates for High School Students

The Future of Children, 1992
n this, the second issue of The Future of Children, we introduce Child Indicators as a regular feature of the journal. Because key statistical indicators provide us with a picture of the well-being of children, we believe those indicators can be an important guide in developing and implementing effective policies.
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Forecasting Student Dropout

Education and Urban Society, 1970
Clifford E. Bryan, Edsel L. Erickson
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