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Author Rumberger, Russell W.

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

Imprint Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xii, 380 p. : ill.
Bibliography 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject High school dropouts -- United States.
High school dropouts -- United States -- Prevention.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780674062207 (alk. paper)
9780674063167 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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