Temporary As Compared to Permanent High School Dropout
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3042945 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Doris R Entwisle (Johns Hopkins University, corresponding author), Karl L Alexander (Johns Hopkins University), L S Olson (Johns Hopkins University) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 1181-1205 |
| Publication date | 2004-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Forces (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7732 • E-ISSN: 1534-7605 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1353/sof.2004.0036 |
| OpenAlex | W2054133341 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 35 |
| References cited | 16 |
More and more high school dropouts are obtaining GEDs or returning to school to earn diplomas, and several studies point to socioeconomic status, academic standing, parenthood status, and students' expectations as predictors of dropouts' later high school certification. Absent from these studies, however, are measures of students' motivational characteristics and employment patterns prior to dropping out. This article, which takes a life course perspective, draws upon a longitudinal study of first-time dropouts in Baltimore, where the dropout rate is high (over 40%), to compare those who dropped out temporarily with those who dropped out permanently We find that Baltimore students who later achieved high school degrees resembled their counterparts — those who finished high school — in national studies in terms of demographics and school performance. We also find that before dropping out, the temporary dropouts had more positive motivational qualities and were more often employed than the permanent dropouts. Policy implications of the findings are discussed, including the pivotal role of work and alternative routes to high school certification in the lives of disadvantaged adolescents
Certification · Demographic economics · Demographics · Developmental psychology · Disadvantaged · Dropout (neural networks) · Economic growth · Economics · Mathematics education · Medical education · Perspective (graphical) · Political science · School dropout · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Demography · Education Systems and Policy · Mathematics · Medicine · Psychology · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
High School Dropouts After They Exit School
A critical review of the literature on school dropout
Bez Škole Si Nitko«
Mexican-Origin Adolescent Mothers’ Economic Contexts, Educational Re-Engagement, and Their Children’s School Readiness
Shades of disengagement
Thinking through cases
Diverging paths in upper secondary education
The GED as a Predictor of Mid-Life Health and Economic Well-Being
School Order, Justice, and Education
Being and becoming ‘dropouts’
Unequal transitions
The 9th grade shock and the high school dropout crisis
Condicionantes de la retención estudiantil en "escuelas de segunda oportunidad" en Chile
Early Leaving from Education and Training and Related Matters through the Lens of the Life Course Paradigm
Dropout typologies
Various reasons, various trajectories? Interrupted schooling among Polish upper secondary school students
Who takes a second chance?’ Profile of participants in alternative systems for obtaining a secondary diploma
Stopping Out versus Dropping Out
Sociodemographic risk, school engagement, and community characteristics
Health Limitations and Post-Secondary School Enrollment
Adolescence dropout risk predictors
School Securitization and Latina/o Educational Progress
Classification of Dropouts to Improve Student Re-Engagement
Do GED Recipients Differ From Graduates and School Dropouts
Breaking Down the Forgotten Half
Alternative Education Programs for High School Age Students in Chile
Does Dropping Out of School Mean Dropping Into Delinquency
Can Lifelong Learning Reshape Life Chances
Social Bonding to School and Educational Inequality
Routes and Reasons Out, Paths Back
High School Dropout and the Role of Career and Technical Education
Student Engagement, Peer Social Capital, and School Dropout Among Mexican American and Non-Latino White Students
When a door closes, who can access the window? Second chance alternatives for higher education as an institutionalized 'compensatory advantage' mechanism
Academic Self-Efficacy, Dropping Out, and the Significance of Inequality
Educational resilience in later life
The Youth labor market problem
Stories Employers Tell
Social Structure and Behavior
Achievement in the First 2 Years of School
The Dropout Process in Life Course Perspective
Academic success among students at risk for school failure.
Prediction of School Failure From Third-Grade Data
Adolescent Transitions to Young Adulthood
Negative impact of part-time work on adolescent adjustment
Early Work Histories of Urban Youth
Are Students Being Pulled Out of High School? The Effect of Adolescent Employment on Dropping Out
From First Grade Forward
Paths to High School Graduation or Dropout
The Impact of Student Employment on Teachers' Attitudes and Behaviors Toward Working Students
Parenting Employed Teenagers
Reconsidering the Relationship Between Student Employment and Academic Outcomes
| Unique citing works | 35 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,67 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2025 (21) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 34 |