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    This document discusses the importance of studying absenteeism at colleges. It defines absenteeism as a student missing class when expected to attend. Studying absenteeism is important for colleges to understand why students miss class, whether absences are justified or not, and if absences are due to issues within or beyond the student's control. Frequent unexcused absenteeism can lead to negative outcomes for students like academic failure, dropping out of school, and criminal behavior. The document emphasizes that regular attendance is key to academic success, as students who always attend class tend to achieve higher test scores, especially those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.

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    This document discusses the importance of studying absenteeism at colleges. It defines absenteeism as a student missing class when expected to attend. Studying absenteeism is important for colleges to understand why students miss class, whether absences are justified or not, and if absences are due to issues within or beyond the student's control. Frequent unexcused absenteeism can lead to negative outcomes for students like academic failure, dropping out of school, and criminal behavior. The document emphasizes that regular attendance is key to academic success, as students who always attend class tend to achieve higher test scores, especially those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.

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    Introduction of Absenteeism

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    This document discusses the importance of studying absenteeism at colleges. It defines absenteeism as a student missing class when expected to attend. Studying absenteeism is important for colleges to understand why students miss class, whether absences are justified or not, and if absences are due to issues within or beyond the student's control. Frequent unexcused absenteeism can lead to negative outcomes for students like academic failure, dropping out of school, and criminal behavior. The document emphasizes that regular attendance is key to academic success, as students who always attend class tend to achieve higher test scores, especially those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.

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    The Study of Absenteeism, Part of a Research

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    BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

    Education is not only the transfer of information, knowledge and


    skills from the teachers to students but the actual transformation
    of a person to become educated. Being educated mean one has
    access to prime states of mind no matter what kind of situation
    one is facing. One is able to act efficiently, perceive exactly, and
    think clearly to accomplish one’s goals and aspirations.

    The study of absenteeism is very important for any college. The


    word absenteeism means the absence of a student from class
    when he is expected to be present at school/college. When
    teacher has no information in advance, that the student will not
    report for class if he has taken leave to which he is entitled or on
    ground of sickness or …show more content…
    BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

    Education is not only the transfer of information, knowledge and skills from the teachers to
    students but the actual transformation of a person to become educated. Being educated mean one
    has access to prime states of mind no matter what kind of situation one is facing. One is able to act
    efficiently, perceive exactly, and think clearly to accomplish one’s goals and aspirations.

    The study of absenteeism is very important for any college. The word absenteeism means the
    absence of a student from class when he is expected to be present at school/college. When teacher
    has no information in advance, that the student will not report for class if he has taken leave to
    which he is entitled or on ground of sickness or in case of accident. Thus absence may authorize or
    unauthorized wilful or caused by circumstance beyond teacher's control.
    An important factor to the success in school among children and youth is attendance. For children,
    particularly to those with lower socio-economic status, better attendance is related to higher
    academic achievement according to results of studies. From kindergarten, those who always attend
    school gains higher scores on tests than their classmates who are always absent.

    Frequent unexcused absence is an obvious indicator of outcomes that are undesirable in youth that
    includes failure in the academic, dropping out of school, substance abuse, gang involvement, and
    criminal activity.

    Student absenteeism can be

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