Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Rhode Island, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 55-68).

Thesis (MEd (Faculty of Education and Social Sciences))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2009 / Baie leerders verlaat sekondêre skole voordat hulle by daardie spesifieke skool matrikuleer. Sommige migreer bloot na ander skole terwyl ander hul opvoeding by skoolgebaseerde Verdere Onderwys en Opleidingskolleges (VOO) voortsit of beroepsgerigte kursusse volg. Navorsing het egter bewys dat baie leerders sekondêre skole verlaat en bloot dropouts word, dit wil sê leerders wat nie hul opvoedingsloopbaan op een of ander manier voortsit nie. Hierdie studie is daarop gefokus om, deur ’n gevallestudiebenadering, die redes waarom ’n spesifieke sekondêre skool in die Wes-Kaap jaarliks hoë syfers van skoolverlatings beleef, te identifiseer. ’n Deeglike literatuurondersoek het aan die lig gebring dat push out of school- en pull out of school-faktore oorwegend die redes is waarom leerders skole verlaat. Uit die literatuur kon ek ook identifiseer dat meer pull out of school-redes tot skoolverlatings gelei het. My navorsing is binne die teoretiese raamwerk van push out of school- en pull out of school-redes onderneem. Ek het ’n gemengde-metodebenadering, wat kwantitatiewe en kwalitatiewe ondersoeke ingesluit het, gevolg om data te bekom. Die navorsingsperiode was vir die eerste sewe maande van 2008. Die instrumente wat aangewend is om data in te samel, sluit in vraelyste wat na 80 skoolverlaters versprei is, semi-gestruktureerde onderhoude met 12 skoolverlaters en hul ouers, asook ontleding van skooldokumentasie. Die inligting vanuit die vraelyste word deur middel van grafieke (histogramme) aangebied, ontleed en bespreek. Die inligting wat verkry was deur middel van onderhoude is in tabelvorm saamgevat, in beskrywende vorm aangebied en tematies ontleed en bespreek. Daar is bevind dat pull out of school–faktore, soos huislike omstandighede, swangerskap, verhuising, siektes en groepdruk, sowel as push out of school-faktore soos onderprestasie, graadherhaling, onveiligheid by die skool, die feit dat die leerder uitgesit was, weiering van gesag en taalprobleme, tot skoolverlatings bygedra het. Aanbevelings rakende die bevindinge tot die studie word in hoofstuk vyf uiteengesit.

Thesis (MEd (Education))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016. / Currently, there is a high attrition rate amongst students who are registered at public technical and vocational education and training (TVET) colleges in the Western Cape. In this sector, attrition rate has also been referred to as ‘through-put rate’ which both mean that there is a reduction in the number of students completing a programme for a variety of reasons. This study focuses on the reasons why these students are leaving the colleges before completing the programme. Perspectives of students who registered at a technical vocational education and training (TVET) college are analysed. As a result of students dropping out of their studies, emphasis is being placed on what students are experiencing at the TVET colleges, which eventually influences their decision to drop out and become part of the TVET attrition statistics. This study provides information based specifically on the students’ experience in the National Certificate Vocational [NC(V)] civil engineering programme at the TVET college where they were registered. Reasons are provided which will clearly indicate that attrition is not only the result of the students’ inability to cope academically but that student attrition can also be the result of other factors. The topic to be addressed in this study is: Factors contributing toward attrition of engineering students at public vocational colleges in the Western Cape. This study is situated within a critical research paradigm which will allow an analysis of the reasons for attrition in civil engineering programmes at one of the TVET colleges with the ultimate aim of contributing towards social change. This study will apply a qualitative data collection approach and will make use of interviews. This study makes continual reference to the work of Vincent Tinto as he has done much research on the topic of attrition in education.

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The purpose of this study was to determine the similarities and differences between pregnant/parenting teens and other young women who drop out of high school. It also sought to determine the characteristics which discriminate between pregnant or parenting teens who continue with school and those who drop out. A comparison of 33 female high school dropouts with 47 dropouts from an alternative program for pregnant/parenting teens produced a discriminant function which accounted for 99% of the variance between the groups and correctly classified 74% of the subjects by group. Examination of the discriminating variables did not produce the expected variables such as school performance, educational aspirations, and value of education to friends. The results indicated that the two groups of dropouts did not differ in educational background variables and that pregnancy alone did not cause otherwise capable students to drop out of school. It was found that pregnant/parenting dropouts were more likely to be Hispanic, from families who valued education less, and have lower career and college aspirations than other dropouts. The second comparison of 47 pregnant/parenting students who dropped from the alternative program with 67 who maintained enrollment, produced a discriminant function which accounted for 86% of the variance between groups and correctly predicted group membership for 93% of the subjects. Among the variables which defined this function were grade point average, attendance, importance of education to family and friends, educational aspirations, past drop out, sports activities, more than one child, self-esteem, SES, and being minority. These are typical of the differences between any dropouts and enrolled students regardless of the pregnancy.

Thesis (M.A.) - Simon Fraser University, 2005. / Theses (Faculty of Education) / Simon Fraser University. Also issued in digital format and available on the World Wide Web.

Thesis (M.S.)--North Carolina State University. / Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Title from title page of PDF (University of Missouri--St. Louis, viewed March 9, 2010). Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-251).

Thesis--PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2001. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 150-155). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.