Study of Students Who Withdrew from Courses, Summer 1992-Spring 1994. Volume XXIII, No. 1.

Autor/inn/en	Lucas, John A.; Meltesen, Cal
Institution	William Rainey Harper Coll., Palatine, IL. Office of Planning and Research.
Titel	Study of Students Who Withdrew from Courses, Summer 1992-Spring 1994. Volume XXIII, No. 1.
Quelle	(1994), (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Academic Persistence; Community Colleges; Comparative Analysis; Dropout Research; Dropouts; Enrollment Influences; Participant Satisfaction; Questionnaires; Student Attitudes; Student Characteristics; Trend Analysis; Two Year College Students; Two Year Colleges; Withdrawal (Education) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community college; Community College; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Fragebogen; Schülerverhalten; Trendanalyse; Kursabbruch
Abstract	A study was conducted at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) to develop a profile of students who withdrew from courses between summer 1992 and spring 1994. Between 1992 and 1994, 13.7% of the 175,000 course enrollments resulted in official withdrawals, representing a 0.4% decrease in withdrawals from the 1990-1992 cohort. An analysis of these withdrawals indicated the following: (1) one-fifth of course withdrawals resulted in complete withdrawal from WRHC, although nearly 75% of the students who withdrew planned to return to WRHC in the future; (2) 31% of those withdrawing gave reasons completely beyond WRHC's control, and only 7% indicated WRHC as the primary cause for withdraws; (3) the major reasons for withdrawal continued to be related to personal, family, or illness problems; (4) summer enrollees were less likely to withdraw because of falling behind on coursework or grades; however, inconvenient course times were often given as reasons for withdrawal; (5) close to 50% who completely withdrew from WRHC cited personal, family, or illness problems and job-related issues; (6) there was a lower percentage of withdrawals during the summer semester than during the spring and fall semester (11% versus 14%); (7) 32% indicated they had never consulted a counselor in the 2 years previous to withdrawal; and (8) 40% never talked to a counselor while at WRHC. Extensive data tables and the survey instrument are included. (KP)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC