¶ … block included success OR achievement OR dropout*, with the second block included distance learn* OR distance education OR distance learning*, and the third block included distance learners* OR distance education*. The findings from this search activity form the foundation of this analysis. Review of Three Library Articles

The first of the three articles that were found while completing this analysis is

Academic success among students at risk for school failure (Finn, Rock, 1997) asks the question via research hypothesis what subsegments or audiences of monitory students succeed in high school and graduate while other students with comparable backgrounds do not. The survey methodology included interviews with 1,803 minority students, across a broad spectrum of ethnic and family backgrounders. The study also sought to isolate demographic and psychographic factors that could have potentially influenced the longevity of students staying in school and graduating. Secondary hypotheses were designed to quantify the specific subsegments or audiences of children and teenagers who developed an immunity to the factors that forced others to fail at school, looking to define an resilience score for these subsegments of successful students.

The article presents the findings of the authors' research, showing how subsegments of pre-teen and teenage children with strong parental influence and accountability for school performance do better than those left to their own. The role of parents is very significant in the overall performance of pre-teen and teenager children in school, with the authors providing a literature review of how the total number of hours invested by community has a correlational effect in children's resiliency and ability to overcome adversity. The study also provides insights...

This is further supported by research of successful distance learning or online education programs (Kanev, Kimura, Orr, 2009).
The second article, Preventing failure at school (Kovacs, 1998) defines the series of initiatives undertaken by regional and national governments to subsidize school programs and deliver greater quality, efficiency of instruction and support for education programs. The hypothesis of the article is that educational programs fail to fully equip students to confront and overcome the challenges they face in the real world. The author contend there needs ot be a more thorough analysis and accounting how educational goals as defined by OECD policy-makers if students are to attain enough competencies to competitive successfully in a global economy.

The author further defines a series of steps or strategies for educational institutions, partnering with parents, to undertake in order to ensure long-term successful learning. These include defining a series of learning strategies early in the academic careers of children; take on the challenge of failures together as team, not allowing a children to struggle on their own; encourage flexibil9ity; and develop highly effective tools for taking action (Kovacs, 1998). Concluding the analysis with longitudinal data showing the effects of more effective learning strategies in OECD countries supported by parent-driven accountability and more governance as to how funds were invested, the study underscored the key points of the researcher's analysis.

In the third article, The School Counselor's Role in School Dropout Prevention (White, Kelly, 2010) the researchers examine the shifting and continually evolving role…