Folk High Schools and Dropouts from Upper Secondary School: Effects of Non-Academic Investments in Dropouts

Autor/inn/en	Borgen, Solveig T.; Borgen, Nicolai T.
Titel	Folk High Schools and Dropouts from Upper Secondary School: Effects of Non-Academic Investments in Dropouts
Quelle	In: School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 26 (2015) 2, S.153-168 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0924-3453
DOI	10.1080/09243453.2014.896384
Schlagwörter	Self Esteem; Folk Schools; Dropouts; Educational Policy; Interpersonal Competence; Secondary School Students; Coping; Educational Attainment; Academic Education; Vocational Education; Correlation; Foreign Countries; Outcomes of Education; Dropout Rate; Statistical Analysis; Norway + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Sekundarschüler; Bewältigung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Akademische Bildung; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Korrelation; Ausland; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Statistische Analyse; Norwegen
Abstract	High dropout rates from upper secondary school are related to substantial societal costs, and are hence a major policy concern. The Norwegian folk high schools provide a non-academic education in an intimate and nurturing environment where interpersonal and social skills are emphasised, and where individuals grow in sense of self-esteem and sense of coping. The unique non-academic nature of folk high schools allows us to explore if non-academic investments in youth could be effective tools in the battle against dropout. We have obtained access to high-quality Norwegian administrative data and use both a covariate adjustment technique and an instrumental variable technique to investigate whether a folk high school education raises the probability of dropouts completing upper secondary school. We find that dropouts are significantly more likely to complete an academic course if they have attended a folk high school. However, a folk high school education makes dropouts less likely to complete a vocational course. The non-academic education has the surprising tendency of redirecting vocational students to academic paths. (As Provided).
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