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Why Dropout?: Perspectives Of High School Dropouts, Anna Marie Galvan
Why Dropout?: Perspectives Of High School Dropouts, Anna Marie Galvan
Graduate Theses
The literature revealed many influential factors associated with the decision to drop out of high school, but most information is descriptive in nature. Few research attempts have been made at gathering the dropouts' own perspectives of their situation. In this case study, twenty dropouts were interviewed about their reasons for leaving school. There were several reasons given by these students for leaving school. Among these reasons are that they lacked interest, teachers showed no interest, they were pregnant, married or on drugs. These results support earlier findings that a combination of personal, educational, and familial factors affect students' decisions to …
The Mentor-Mentee Relationship Between Doctoral Advisors And Advises At An Historically Black University, Barbara Jeane J. Davis
The Mentor-Mentee Relationship Between Doctoral Advisors And Advises At An Historically Black University, Barbara Jeane J. Davis
Dissertations (Pre-2016)
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A Comparative Study Of The Personal Traits Of The Elementary School Principal In A Large Urban School District And Their Effect On Student Academic Achievement., James Lawrence Brown
A Comparative Study Of The Personal Traits Of The Elementary School Principal In A Large Urban School District And Their Effect On Student Academic Achievement., James Lawrence Brown
Dissertations (Pre-2016)
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A Study Of Graduating Colleges Student's Perceptions Of Identified Factors Related To Persistency In Acquiring A College Degree., Frances K. Norman
A Study Of Graduating Colleges Student's Perceptions Of Identified Factors Related To Persistency In Acquiring A College Degree., Frances K. Norman
Dissertations (Pre-2016)
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Job Involvement As It Relates To Staff Management Relations In University Administration., Reginald Lheagwam Emukah
Job Involvement As It Relates To Staff Management Relations In University Administration., Reginald Lheagwam Emukah
Dissertations (Pre-2016)
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Washington State History: The Early Years, Margo M. Buchan
Washington State History: The Early Years, Margo M. Buchan
All Graduate Projects
The High School Completion Lab setting for Washington State History students, whose pre-project assignment for two hours a day, three days a week, involved reading the selected text, Northwest Heritage by William Scofield, and answering Chapter Questions, met state requirements but seemed unnecessarily sterile. It was hoped that the production of videotaped lessons which could be presented either to groups of H.S. 016 students or to individuals would, if well-made, provide the class with an enriched perspective of Washington State History.
Adult Basic Education: An Instructional Program Plan, Nancy Helen Warnstadt
Adult Basic Education: An Instructional Program Plan, Nancy Helen Warnstadt
All Graduate Projects
The project provides a comprehensive instructional program guide for Adult Basic Education at Centralia College. The project plan will be utilized to help track activities and illustrate accountability, assist in program evaluation, to clarify individual program objectives, end to provide guidelines and assistance to other programs facing similar problems. The project provides the following information: the setting description, the program mission statement, the instructional model, the component plans, the organization and staffing, progrem evaluation and a program improvement plan.
Factors Affecting Persistence Of Re-Entry Women At An Urban State University, Carolyn Sheriff Mayfield
Factors Affecting Persistence Of Re-Entry Women At An Urban State University, Carolyn Sheriff Mayfield
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors that affect the persistence of re-entry women over age twenty-five at an urban state university using Vincent Tinto's academic-social fit theory of retention and persistence which posits that once this fit is achieved, persistence and retention will be positively affected.;The re-entry women's population at Urban State University, an historically black university, was studied. It was chosen because of its mission of serving special populations, its size, its historical prominence, and its location in an urban community.;Urban State University had an available pool of eighty-eight women over age twenty-five who were …