A-School Attrition: Reasons and Results
Abstract
Navy A-school training provides the basic skills necessary for new recruits to become qualified in their ratings. Three-quarters of all recruits proceed directly from recruit training to A-school. The Navy makes a substantial investment in A-school training. In 1987, for example, Navy students spent more than 25,000 man-years in A-school. Not all students successfully complete the A- school pipeline they start. In technical ratings, failure rates have been estimated to be about 30 percent. This research memorandum examines the reasons for attrition and provides some preliminary evidence on what happens to students who leave A-school training prematurely. Keywords: Attrition, Failure, Job training, Naval personnel, Naval training, NITRAS (Navy Integrated Training Resource Administration System), Performance (Human), Qualifications, Ratings, Recruits, Schools, Statistical data, Tables(data).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA205858
Entities
People
- Alan J. Marcus
- Patricia E. Byrnes
Organizations
- Center for Naval Analyses