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Subsequent Educational Attainment of High School Dropouts


  Author: Jennifer Berktold, Sonia Geis, Philip Kaufman
Publisher: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Publication: Postsecondary Education Descriptive Analysis Reports
Document Date:                  June 1998
Category: Education > Drop-Out
Related Categories:
Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
Education > Educational Attainment
Education > Post-secondary Education
Family Economics > Socio-economic Status
 

This study examined the pursuit of further education by high school dropouts from 1988, and found that about half completed high school and about one quarter enrolled at a postsecondary institution.  It also found that high school completion was associated with socio-economic status and academic ability.

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