Characteristics of Early Community College Dropouts. CCRC Analytics

Autor/in	Crosta, Peter M.
Institution	Columbia University, Community College Research Center
Titel	Characteristics of Early Community College Dropouts. CCRC Analytics
Quelle	(2013), (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Credentials; Dropouts; Developmental Studies Programs; Community Colleges; Dropout Prevention; School Holding Power; Student Characteristics; Age Differences; Academic Persistence; College Preparation; College Readiness; Part Time Students; Student Financial Aid + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studienbuch; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Developmental studies; Developmental psychology; Study; Studies; Entwicklungspsychologie; Studium; Community college; Community College; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Part-time students; Teilzeitstudent; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Studienfinanzierung; Studienförderung
Abstract	For colleges to develop effective dropout prevention strategies, it is necessary to have a clear picture of who these early dropouts are. This report identifies distinguishing characteristics of this group by analyzing six years of transcript data on 14,429 first-time college students who in 2005 and 2006 enrolled at one of five community colleges in a single state. Of these students, 28 percent never returned to the same college after their first semester, and the majority of these students never attended any college again. Early dropouts were, on average, older than early persisters. While early dropouts did not differ appreciably from early persisters in terms of secondary credentials, their developmental placement rates suggest that they were somewhat less academically prepared than early persisters. Early dropouts performed very poorly in their college coursework, particularly in their developmental courses. With failure and withdrawal rates in some courses exceeding 60 percent, it is clear that the first-term experience for early dropouts was not a positive one. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Community College Research Center. Available from: CCRC Publications. Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 West 120th Street Box 174, New York, NY 10027. Tel: 212-678-3091; Fax: 212-678-3699; e-mail: ccrc@columbia.edu; Web site: http://www.tc.columbia.edu/ccrc
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10