The purpose of this mixed methodological study was to discover the possible causes of persistence for African-American high school girls attending a 4-year program in Mississippi. Currently there is a precise focus on African-American high school girls and the detrimental outcomes that follow as a consequence of behavioral referrals within schools. Unfortunately, the narrative of African-American high schools girls centers on discipline as a leading concern in their academic performances. This study sought to determine whether student perception of completing a 4-year high school program plays a significant role for African-American girls. Support systems of teachers towards high school African-American girls were assessed in consideration for the educational professionals and their influence to the academic advancement of students. Lastly, the social influences of social media were investigated as a contemporary factor for African- American girls considering completing a 4-year program. The consideration of organizational structures that are not conducive to the advancement of high school graduation is the primary discussion for educational leaders to evaluate.

Submitted by Silvana Teresinha Dornelles Studzinski (sstudzinski) on 2015-10-19T11:33:49Z No. of bitstreams: 1 CLEONICE SILVEIRA ROCHA_.pdf: 1131254 bytes, checksum: 5799f290f1a360368fd42b4ccf9b8388 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-10-19T11:33:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 CLEONICE SILVEIRA ROCHA_.pdf: 1131254 bytes, checksum: 5799f290f1a360368fd42b4ccf9b8388 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-03-29 / Nenhuma / A educação superior no país está em um momento de expansão, caracterizada pelo aumento do número de instituições, de matrículas, bem como de criação de novos cursos. Para ampliar o acesso à educação superior para jovens oriundos da rede pública do ensino médio, o governo brasileiro criou o Programa Universidade para Todos (ProUni). Nos cursos de licenciatura, objeto de estudo desta tese, verifica-se o abandono dos estudantes, até mesmo para os que recebiam a bolsa através deste programa. O tema desta investigação é a evasão dos alunos prounistas nos cursos de licenciatura em uma instituição de educação superior privada. O objetivo geral consiste em identificar e analisar as causas/os motivos que levam os alunos prounistas dos cursos de licenciatura a se evadirem. A pesquisa é de cunho qualitativo utilizando, no seu caminho metodológico de coleta de dados, entrevistas e análise documental, em que os dados receberam um tratamento de análise de conteúdo. A pesquisa de campo envolveu os alunos bolsistas evadidos, coordenadores dos cursos e a gerente das licenciaturas e documentos institucionais. Tendo como período de corte os semestres 2013/1, 2013/2 e 2014/1, 2014/2, o total de participantes foram 18 sujeitos, sendo 8 alunos evadidos, 9 coordenadores de curso e um gerente. Como resultado, foi possível identificar que as causas/os motivos que levam os alunos ao abandono de seus cursos relacionam-se principalmente, com questões econômico-financeiras, dificuldades de aprendizagem, dificuldade de conciliar os estudos com o emprego e a família bem como se relacionam com a questão da valorização docente. Os alunos evadidos manifestaram interesse em retornar os seus estudos no curso de licenciatura. Fica evidenciado que a evasão nas licenciaturas relaciona-se com diferentes fatores. O estudo se torna relevante na medida em que realiza a escuta com alunos evadidos, sente suas realidades, percebe os seus sentimentos, as suas angústias, contribuindo para a pesquisa e também indicando ações de prevenção e redução da evasão. A escuta dos coordenadores dos diferentes cursos de licenciatura da Universidade também foi relevante para que a instituição pudesse discutir a temática da evasão com os seus coordenadores. Com certeza, a pesquisa oportunizará a realização de novas ações de prevenção à evasão. / Higher education has been expanding in the country characterized by an increased number of institutions, registration rates, as well as the creation of new academic courses. To provide further access to higher education, the Brazilian government created the program named University for All (ProUni), aimed at young people from state high schools. Concerning teacher training programs, which is the object of this dissertation, the dropping out level is high including those who received the ProUni scholarship. The theme of this research is the dropping out of ProUni students in teacher training courses in a private university in the South of Brazil. Our general objective is to identify and analyze the causes/reasons ProUni students from these undergraduate courses drop out. We present the context of the current scenario of higher education and the theoretical background about dropping out. We discuss public policies concepts about dropping out in the educational area. It is a qualitative research which utilizing methods such as interviews and documental analysis. Also, we used content analysis for the data collected. The participants of the field research were the students who dropped out, course coordinators, the teacher training course’s manager, and institutional documentation. The cohort period was the first and second semester of 2013 and 2014, the total of participants were 18, eight dropping out students, eight course coordinators and a manager. As a result, we found that the causes that led students to abandon their courses are related mainly to economic and financial reasons, learning difficulties, the difficulty of managing studies, work, and family and finally undervalue of education. These students who dropped out expressed interest in returning to the university and their courses. It is clear that dropping out in such courses is related different factors. The present study becomes relevant as it listens to these dropped-out students, feels their realities, realizes their feelings and anguish, contributing to researches on the field and indicating preventive and reductive options to dropping out. Listening to the coordinators of those different teacher training programs was also relevant so that the institution could discuss the topic of dropping out with them. Surely this research is going to make possible other preventive actions to dropping out.

O Fundo de Financiamento ao Estudantil (Fies), programa de financiamento estudantil a taxas de juros subsidiadas, foi criado em 1999, mas passou por uma forte expansão após 2010, ano em que ocorreu a reformulação das condições de financiamento, como a redução dos juros para 3,4% a.a., ampliação dos prazos de carência e de pagamento e a dispensa da exigência de fiador para estudantes de menor renda. A partir de então, mais de 1,1 milhão de estudantes formalizaram contratos com o Fies, envolvendo recursos orçamentários da ordem de R$ 14 bilhões. A partir do Censo da Educação Superior de 2009 a 2012 e dos dados do Enade de 2009 a 2010, e utilizando a metodologia de diferenças em diferenças, este estudo avalia o impacto do Fies na quantidade de matrículas e nas taxas de evasão nos cursos presenciais de instituições privadas brasileiras de ensino superior. Como resultados, foram encontrados efeitos do Fies sobre as matrículas de 6,3% a 9% e sobre a taxa de evasão de -2 a -2,6 pontos percentuais. Como forma de testar a robustez dos resultados realizaram-se testes de placebo, em que os resultados foram replicados para a rede pública, para cursos não habilitados ao Fies e para o período pré-tratamento. Não foram encontrados efeitos estatisticamente significativos para nenhum dos casos, exceto para o teste de placebo para a taxa de evasão utilizando os dados anteriores ao início do tratamento, e estes significativos a 10%. / The Financing Fund the Higher Education Student (FIES), a student financing program of subsidized interest rates was established in 1999, but passed by a strong expansion after 2010 when there was an overhaul of the financing conditions, as the reduction of interest to 3.4% per year, expansion of grace period and payment deadlines to dispenses a guarantor requirement paragraph students of lower income. From then on, over 1.1 million students formalized contracts with Fies involving budgetary resources of the order of R$ 14 billion. At from the Census of the Higher Education from 2009 to 2012 and Enade data from 2009 and 2010, this study uses differences in differences methodology with the objective of evaluating the impact of Fies on enrollment amount and evasion rates in courses of brazilian higher education private institutions. The results suggest increase on enrollment from 6.3% to 9% and the dropout rate of -2 to -2.6 percentage points. In order to test the robustness of the results were performed placebo tests where the results were replicated to the public courses, for courses not entitled to Fies and for the pre-treatment period. No statistically significant effects were found for any of the cases, except for the placebo test for the dropout rate using data prior to the start of treatment, and these significant 10%.

Dresher reported that today there is an increased and growing interest among the lay population as well as among educators in the appreciation of the drop-out problem of the public schools of the United States. Some educators believe that one of the most important issues facing education today is the problem of determining ways by which the high school pupil might be encouraged to finish his secondary trainings.

根據研究資料分析後，本研究所獲致的結論如下所述：一、造成犯罪青少年中途輟學原因方面：在家庭問題上，有中途輟學經驗犯罪青少年比沒有中途輟學經驗的犯罪青少年較不喜歡待在家中，也覺得父母親對他們不了解，所以遇到問題不會與父母親討論；在學校問題方面，犯罪青少年多數認為老師對他們的印象不好，這些青少年對老師的印象也不好，他們與同班同學相處不佳，也不喜歡學校；而在個人問題上，這些有輟學經驗的犯罪青少年結交較多前科記錄的朋友，並且對自己較為缺乏信心，並且角色能力較差；最後在行為模式方面，有輟學經驗的犯罪青少年大都喜歡曠課、蹺課到校外遊蕩，而且多數在學校的操行分數不及格，並被學校以記過處分。為何有這種情形發生呢？歸咎其原因總共有三點：第一，主要是由於學業成績不佳。第二，同儕團體也會在這方面有所影響。第三，自我實現預言的作用。二、中途輟學與青少年犯罪的關係：中途輟學的發生究竟會不會影響日後參予犯罪行為呢？在探討本研究最為重要的研究目的時，問卷的結果顯示，在犯罪青少年的樣本中，65%的人有過輟學經驗，在經由個案訪談後發現，有過中途輟學經驗的受訪個案中，90%的人對是否中途輟學會影響犯罪表示贊同，所以可以了解到，中途輟學確實與犯罪行為的參予有關係存在。那麼，為何中途輟學具有影響力呢？經由個案訪談後歸納出三個主要原因：（一）、受到不良同儕團體的影響；（二）、未就業的影響；（三）缺乏自我控制的能力。所以可知，本研究結果顯示，中途輟學與青少年參予犯罪行為間確實有關係存在，所以也可說明，社會控制論的觀點是正確的，也就是學校為重要的社會控制機構，如果脫離與此控制機構的連帶，青少年很容易便會產生偏差或是犯罪的行為。所以為了要預防青少年犯罪，如果能減少青少年中途輟學的發生，相信青少年犯罪機率定會減少許多。

Pupils, and most of all girls, drop out of organized sports in the ages 13-18. The purpose of this survey was to study which motives girls had to proceed in sports together with differences between certain groups. This study was based on a survey which included 86 responses from girls active in sports in 10 different compounds. The results showed that the most frequent motives to do sports were to have fun and to feel well. Differences showed were that the ones who trained more often and the ones who practiced more than one sport found that to work hard was an important motive, compared to the other groups. The ones that trained more often also found that to have fun was an important motive in difference to the group which trained in less extent. The organizational factors that could influence on the girls’ exercise were the coaches’ motivational techniques and the athletes’ experiences of competition in a negative way.

This study examined the associations between social adversity, barriers-to-care (logistical obstacles, wait-time) and participation in children’s mental health treatment. The theoretical role of child symptoms (impact on the child, family burden) was addressed. Records were obtained for 1,963 parents who had accessed community-based care for their child (3-17 years). Data were collected as part of a provincial (Ontario, Canada) screening and outcome measurement initiative. The data were analyzed using multivariate logistic regression. Children with behavioural problems were at increased risk for attrition from treatment (OR=1.47, p < 0.001). The effect held upon controlling for age, gender, and co-morbid emotional symptoms; however, it was explained by child functional impairment. Similar effects were not found for the impact of symptoms on the family. Dropout was greater for adolescents (OR=1.43, p < 0.01) than younger children. Disadvantaged youth were more likely to drop out than more advantaged clients (OR=1.86, p < 0.001). Perceptions of difficulties in attending treatment were associated with a decreased risk (OR=0.89, p < 0.001). The adversity and service relationships were not mediated by child behavioural symptoms, functioning, or family burden. Waiting for care did not influence parent decisions to participate. Moderation analyses showed effects for adversity, service obstacles, emotional symptoms, functional impairment, and family burden for clients with behavioural problems. These children were more likely to drop out if they were socially disadvantaged, or had functional impairment at intake to services. However, completion was more likely for co-morbid children, and parental reports of burden. Families were also willing to overcome access difficulties in order to continue with treatment. There were few findings for children without behavioural problems. The results suggest a focus on other constructs, such as parent cognitions, that may link adversity and barriers with participation. The effects for symptoms as a moderator, suggests different levels of service provision based on sub-types of children. Efforts to engage “high-risk” clients are necessary. On the other hand, resources for intensive services would be appropriate for clients with more severe problems.

This study examined the associations between social adversity, barriers-to-care (logistical obstacles, wait-time) and participation in children’s mental health treatment. The theoretical role of child symptoms (impact on the child, family burden) was addressed. Records were obtained for 1,963 parents who had accessed community-based care for their child (3-17 years). Data were collected as part of a provincial (Ontario, Canada) screening and outcome measurement initiative. The data were analyzed using multivariate logistic regression. Children with behavioural problems were at increased risk for attrition from treatment (OR=1.47, p < 0.001). The effect held upon controlling for age, gender, and co-morbid emotional symptoms; however, it was explained by child functional impairment. Similar effects were not found for the impact of symptoms on the family. Dropout was greater for adolescents (OR=1.43, p < 0.01) than younger children. Disadvantaged youth were more likely to drop out than more advantaged clients (OR=1.86, p < 0.001). Perceptions of difficulties in attending treatment were associated with a decreased risk (OR=0.89, p < 0.001). The adversity and service relationships were not mediated by child behavioural symptoms, functioning, or family burden. Waiting for care did not influence parent decisions to participate. Moderation analyses showed effects for adversity, service obstacles, emotional symptoms, functional impairment, and family burden for clients with behavioural problems. These children were more likely to drop out if they were socially disadvantaged, or had functional impairment at intake to services. However, completion was more likely for co-morbid children, and parental reports of burden. Families were also willing to overcome access difficulties in order to continue with treatment. There were few findings for children without behavioural problems. The results suggest a focus on other constructs, such as parent cognitions, that may link adversity and barriers with participation. The effects for symptoms as a moderator, suggests different levels of service provision based on sub-types of children. Efforts to engage “high-risk” clients are necessary. On the other hand, resources for intensive services would be appropriate for clients with more severe problems.

Being able to study at the Municipal Adult Education, Komvux, is a privilege available to adults in Sweden of age 20 and above. Although almost 200 000 people attended Komvux 2011 in Sweden, a fifth of the participants discontinued their studies before completing their course(s). This becomes costly for the society, but it is also diminishes the future chances of a career and college studies. In our thesis we have done a quantitative investigation trying to determine what the reasons for dropping out could be. A request to participate in our survey were sent out to all 64 people who dropped out one or more courses during the fall semester 2012 at a Municipal Adult Education in southern Norrland. Almost half, 32 people, agreed to participate. The results indicated that most students applied to Komvux because they were lacking complete exams of high school or part of it. According to the home-background, most of the 32 pupils came from homes where none of the parents had a college degree. One third of the pupils in the survey dropped out because of work related reasons. More than half of those who had dropped off studied a distance learning course, or a combination of distance and regular courses. / Att studera inom kommunal vuxenutbildning, Komvux, är en förmån som finns i Sverige för vuxna från och med det andra kalenderhalvåret då man fyller 20 år. Nästan 200 000 personer var inskrivna på Komvux i Sverige år 2011, men var femte kursdeltagare beslutade ändå att hoppa av sina studier innan de avslutat kursen/eller kurserna. Detta är både kostsamt för samhället men också en fråga om individens möjliga framtid inom högre studier och arbetsmarknaden. Studiens syfte var att undersöka vad anledningarna av avhoppen kan vara, och detta har vi gjort i en kvantitativ undersökning. En förfrågan skickades ut till samtliga 64 personer som hoppat av en eller flera kurser under höstterminen i en kommunal vuxenskola i södra Norrland, om de vill medverka i vår enkätundersökning via telefon. Nästan hälften, 32 personer, ville medverka. Slutsatsen av svaren vi fick in tydde på att de flesta elever som sökte Komvux saknade grundläggande behörighet eller slutbetyg. En tredjedel av eleverna hoppade av på grund av arbete. De flesta kom från ett hem där ingen av föräldrarna hade högskoleutbildning samt att över hälften av eleverna gick på distansutbildning eller kombinerade distans och reguljär kurs.

Abstract This research studied the dropouts who later attended the Cih-Huei class of Yong Ren Junior High School in Tainan County, by using methods such as document analysis, participant observation and deep interview. The goal was to assess the impact of the Cih-Huei class upon dropouts regarding their learning, daily living, family perspective and technical ability. It also examined the general courses, technical courses and living improvement activities provided by the Cih-Huei class in order to make suggestions that would improve the effectiveness of the Cih-Huei class. The growing track and family background of the dropouts were obtained through their personal information; their performance in the Cih-Huei class were assessed by the researchers who participated in the dropouts¡¦ living and teaching activities; and a semi-structured interview with the dropouts was employed to understand their true feeling about the Cih-Huei class. Finally, several suggestions were made on the course arrangement, living improvement activities and other related tasks for the Cih-Huei class. Hopefully these suggestions could serve as useful references for the future planning of general courses, technical courses, living management and improvement activities for the Cih-Huei class.