High School Absenteeism and College Persistence

Essential Question:
What are the effects of chronic absenteeism in high school on post-secondary persistence and success?

A data story previewing the linkage of data from K-12 to higher education.

Persistence into Second Year (Fall 2010) of Postsecondary Education

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Of the 408 students in our cohort of chronically absent graduates who enrolled full-time in RI Public Postsecondary Institutions in Fall 2009, 159 (39%) persisted, full time, into a second year of post-secondary education. Of the graduates with low high school absenteeism, 1,241 (68%) persisted.

Click here to see persistence information for all students by enrollment status (full-time/part-time/all students).


Interested in other measures of academic preparedness for Fall 2010?
- Click here to see data on class of 2009 enrollment in developmental courses in Fall 2010.
- Click here to see data on class of 2009 average cumulative GPAs in Fall 2010.
- Click here to see data on class of 2009 cumulative course completion through Fall 2010.


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