Dropping out : why students drop out of high school and what can be done about it / Russell W. Rumberger.

Author
Rumberger, Russell W. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.
Description
xii, 380 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

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    Subject(s)
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction
    • The varying requirements and pathways for completing high school
    • The nature and extent of the dropout crisis
    • The individual consequences of dropping out
    • The social consequences of dropping out
    • Understanding why students drop out
    • Predictors of dropping out
    • Learning from past efforts to solve the dropout crisis
    • What should be done to solve the dropout crisis.
    ISBN
    • 9780674062207 (alk. paper)
    • 0674062205 (alk. paper)
    LCCN
    2011016123
    OCLC
    709670257
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