Alienation: An Explanation of High Dropout Rates among African American and Latino Students.

Calabrese, Raymond L.; Poe, John

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Publication Date: 1991

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Alienation: An Explanation of High Dropout Rates among African American and Latino Students.

Calabrese, Raymond L.; Poe, John

Educational Research Quarterly, v14 n4 p22-26 Oct 1991

Urban secondary school students (n=1,064) were administered the Dean Alienation Scale to determine differences in feelings of alienation among African Americans, Caucasians, and Latinos, as well as sex and age differences. Higher levels of alienation reported by African Americans and Latinos and by males in all ethnic groups are discussed as a factor in dropout rates. (SLD)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Black Students, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Ethnic Groups, Females, Males, Secondary Education, Secondary School Students, Sex Differences, Social Adjustment, Social Isolation, Student Alienation, Urban Schools, White Students

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