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Title: Factors Related to Successful Course Completion in an Online Program for Returning High School Dropouts

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2012

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Abstract: Dropping out of high school has been declared an educational crisis in the United States with national and individual consequences. In New Mexico, adult dropouts only option for a high school credential has been a GED. In August 2010, Graduate New Mexico (GNM), an online asynchronous program, was implemented to help adult dropouts earn a high school diploma. The program was closed in March 2011. The purpose of this study is to determine the factors related to successful course completion of the GNM program that helped returning dropout students complete online course work. Using a qualitative design and interviews as the method of inquiry, 23 students, the full-time teachers, and administrators were interviewed. Three main research questions and related sub-questions were asked to seek out reasons for dropping out of high school, the impact dropping out had on their lives, the reason for returning to school, and the factors they identified that made them successful in the GNM course work.

Url: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/oils_etds/28

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Authors: Rothweiler, Barbara

Institution: University of New Mexico

Department: Organizational Learning and Instructional Technology

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Publisher Location: Albuquerque, NM

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Data Collections: IPUMS CPS

Topics: Education

Countries: United States