Reasons Contributing To College Dropouts

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for many educationists is that whether these students are ill prepared to face the challenges provided by the college or do the roots of dropouts originate from high school.
According to studies carried out by researchers, it is no doubt that many social problems dominate students in high school. In 1980, teachers of the Montana high school compiled a list of 224 students who had dropped out of their school during the previous three years. Out of 224 students, only 46 students were successfully contacted. A meeting was then arranged to invite as many students from the list to interview them regarding their reasons for abdicating from school. According to these teachers, " Some of these factors were intuitive or conjectural some were based on personal experience, and others were gleaned from available literature" (Journal Of American Indian Education, http://jaie.asu.edu/v23/V23S1hig.html). In all the questions that the teachers asked the students, it was made sure that the ...

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is on campus violence experienced by many students belonging to both genders. Violence come in many faces and whatever its form maybe, it always proves to be brutal to those who encounters it. Causes of violence can be many. Simple disputes between friends or peers could result in it. Violence can occur from individuals who undergo psychological depression. It can safely be said that factors responsible for making a student vulnerable to violence are sociological, economic, psychological and, in some cases political.
Human nature has to be properly nurtured so that it imbibes values and enable individuals to live at peace with himself and his fellow men. Many female students are ...

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