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MILLER, S.M.; AND OTHERS – 1964
RESEARCH ON SCHOOL DROPOUTS IS HANDICAPPED IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS--DEFINITION OF THE DROPOUT POPULATION, INCONSISTENT METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION, INADEQUATE RESEARCH DESIGNS, COMMUNITY VARIATION, VARIATION IN TYPE OF DROPOUT, AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROCESS OF DROPPING OUT. DROPOUT GROUPS SHOULD BE CLEARLY DEFINED, AND VARIATION IN THESE GROUPS…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Occupational Education Programs. – 1989
This compilation pulls together the most recent resources concerning students at risk, summarizing and displaying a number of sources dealing with this issue. The articles represent two major areas: (1) policy and studies and (2) programs and projects. This information includes summaries of studies done at a national level as well as programs…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research
Download full textBowen, Jeffrey M.; Lipkowitz, Debra L. – 1985
Students drop out of school for a wide variety of reasons. Programs to discourage dropping out must therefore accommodate the actual needs of individual students rather than aim at the assumed needs of the "typical dropout." This document reviews school policies and programs that could affect dropout tendencies positively. Among these…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts
