Why Do Students Drop Out? Turning Points and Long-Term Experiences

Autor/inn/en	McDermott, Elana R.; Donlan, Alice E.; Zaff, Jonathan F.
Titel	Why Do Students Drop Out? Turning Points and Long-Term Experiences
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational Research, 112 (2019) 2, S.270-282 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0671
DOI	10.1080/00220671.2018.1517296
Schlagwörter	Dropout Attitudes; Dropouts; Young Adults; Stress Variables; Learner Engagement; Educational Environment; Academic Persistence; Family Life; Experience; Decision Making; Dropout Characteristics; Peer Influence; Antisocial Behavior; Individual Differences; Educational Attainment; Parent Background; Mothers; Race; Gender Differences; Student Mobility; Health; High School Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Erfahrung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Individueller Unterschied; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Elternhaus; Mother; Mutter; Rasse; Abstammung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; Gesundheit; High school; High schools; Oberschule
Abstract	Understanding the reasons that individuals drop out of high school is fundamental to improving intervention efforts to promote graduation. The authors present a mixed methods analysis of the reasons individuals drop out of high school before graduating. Using a survey methodology with young adults who left school before graduating (N = 1,047, M age = 21.5 years, SD = 2.2 years, age range =18-25 years), the authors assessed ongoing life stressors, as well as the turning points individuals identified as the top reason for why they left school. Qualitative analysis provided seven categories of turning points: mobility, family, peers, school engagement and environment, health, crime, and multiple categories. More than half of respondents indicated that the reason they dropped out was related to school engagement and environment. Results showed differences across profiles of lived experiences, reported turning points, and sex. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01