The College Dropout and the Utilization of Talent /
This book examines the complicated personal and institutional factors that influence a student's decision to terminate his studies; it investigates ways to enable him to resume his education and utilize his talents. The opening chapters approach the problem from an administrative point of view,...
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Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
[2016]
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Foreword
- Contents
- Part I. Research and Administration
- Introduction: The Dropout in Conflict with Society
- 1. The Ontogeny of the Dropout Problem
- 2. The Later Academic, Vocational, and Personal Success of College Dropouts
- 3. A Critical Review of Research on the College Dropout
- 4. College Dropouts: Successes or Failures?
- Part II. The Personal Dimension
- Dear Parents
- 5. Personal Determinants and Their Interaction with the Environment
- 6. Readmission to College After Psychiatric Medical Leave
- 7. Adaptation, Education, and Emotional Growth
- 8. The College Dropout in Clinical Perspective
- 9. Some Socio-Cultural Issues in the Etiology and Treatment of College Dropouts
- 10. Talent as Danger: Psychoanalytic Observations on Academic Difficulty
- 11. Identity and Depression in Students Who Fail
- Conclusion
- Appendix. Programs and Selected Publications Relating to College Dropouts
- Contributors
- Index
