CONTENTS

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. 1 Introduction 1
5. 2 The Varying Requirements and Pathways for Completing High School 20
6. 3 The Nature and Extent of the Dropout Crisis 47
7. 4 The Individual Consequences of Dropping Out 86
8. 5 The Social Consequences of Dropping Out 130
9. 6 Understanding Why Students Drop Out 143
10. 7 Predictors of Dropping Out 159
11. 8 Learning from Past Efforts to Solve the Dropout Crisis 207
12. 9 What Should Be Done to Solve the Dropout Crisis 255
13. NOTES. INDEX
14. Notes 279
15. Index 371