LEAVING THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: ATTRITION, COMPLETION, OR SOMETHING ELSE?
Titel:
LEAVING THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: ATTRITION, COMPLETION, OR SOMETHING ELSE?
Auteur:
Conklin, Karen A.
Verschenen in:
Community college journal of research and practice
Paginering:
Jaargang 17 (1993) nr. 1 pagina's 1-11
Jaar:
1993
Inhoud:
This article describes results of annual short-term and long-term follow-up studies of nonreturning community college students. Such students usually make up a significant proportion of community college enrollees and, with the trend toward lifetime education, are beginning to constitute a larger proportion of enrollments in 4-year colleges and universities as well. Results indicated that the majority of respondents had achieved their educational goals and improved a variety of cognitive and noncognitive behaviors as a result of their college experiences. A substantial number of respondents originally identified as non-returning students described a “drop-in/drop-out” enrollment pattern, thus casting some doubt on formerly accepted community college attrition and retention rates. Reasons most often cited for not re-enrolling at the community college revolved around work schedule conflicts, financial difficulties, life-style changes, and personal problems. The majority of short-term leavers did plan to eventually enroll again and, of those, most planned to re-enroll at the community college.
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