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Publication Date: 1993
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Attrition in Adult Education: Causes and Recommendations.
Seiler, Lauren H.; Nwakeze, Peter C.
Literacy Harvest, v2 n1 p26-30 Win 1993
Data from a Literacy Analysis Center longitudinal study indicate that less than 1 in 10 persons (sample of 84 program leavers) discontinue adult literacy programs because they have completed the program. Various situational and institutional causes of attrition are discussed, and recommendations are presented for reducing attrition. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Etiology, Interviews, Literacy Education, Longitudinal Studies, Outcomes of Education, School Holding Power, Sex Differences, Student Attrition, Student Participation, Withdrawal (Education)
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Language: English
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