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ERIC Number: EJ430607
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0671
Social Factors, Enrollment in Vocational/Technical Courses, and High School Dropout Rates.
Pittman, Robert B.
Journal of Educational Research, v84 n5 p288-95 May-Jun 1991
Researchers investigated whether enrollment in high school vocational/business courses had more holding power than personal, social factors, using High School and Beyond survey data to examine 12 variables. Peer interest, sense of social belonging, and relationships with school staff differentially related to persistence, but participation in vocational/business courses did not. (SM)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Academic Persistence, Business Education, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, High School Graduates, High Schools, Potential Dropouts, Predictor Variables, Public Education, School Holding Power, Secondary School Students, Social Influences, Student Characteristics, Vocational Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: High School and Beyond (NCES)