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Connecting Dropouts to Career Pathways
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Saddler, Sterling; Tyler, Tiffany G.; Maldonado, Cecilia; Cleveland, Roger; Thompson, Lisa K. – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2011
There is a critical need to identify solutions to the unemployment of high school dropouts. When a student prematurely leaves school, the economic, social, and political impacts result in negative consequences for the individual and the community. Of the nearly 2.2 million students who drop out of high school every year in the United States,…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Vocational Education, High Schools, Vocational Rehabilitation
From Foster Care to College: The Seita Scholars Program at Western Michigan University
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Unrau, Yvonne A. – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2011
More than 32,000 young people in the United States exit the foster care system in a typical year by aging out to independence (Child Welfare Information Gateway, 2011). Despite available financial support for post-secondary education through the Foster Care Independence Act of 1999, only 20% of college-qualified foster youth attend college and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Young Adults, Foster Care, Developmental Studies Programs
Mature Programs of Study: A Structure for the Transition to College and Career?
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Alfeld, Corinne; Bhattacharya, Sharika – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2012
This study uses a mixed methods approach to examine a new type of curriculum configuration that supports students' transitions to college: career technical programs of study (POS). Interview and survey data were collected from a college and its feeder high schools in each of three well-established ("mature") sites in geographically…
Descriptors: Student Records, Student Attitudes, Career Guidance, Transitional Programs
Academic Pathways that Promote Student Access and Success. In Brief
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Kim, Eunyoung – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2006
This brief describes the Academic Pathways to Access and Student Success (APASS) project, a research initiative that identifies and disseminates information about existing and emerging academic pathways that extend from high school to college. Drawing upon the results of a 50-state survey, an extensive review of literature and consultation with…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, Distance Education, Advanced Placement, Tech Prep
The First Year Experience. Conference Proceedings of the International Conference (7th, Dublin, Ireland, July 18-22, 1994).
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South Carolina Univ., Columbia. Center for the Study of the Freshman Year Experience. – 1994
These proceedings contain 68 author-prepared abstracts of presentations given at the Seventh International Conference on the First-Year Experience, a 5-day conference that focused on the foundations for improving the undergraduate experience. The majority of the one- to two-page abstracts report on specific programs undertaken by colleges or…
Descriptors: Abstracts, College Freshmen, College Programs, Cultural Awareness
"From Best Intentions to Best Practices": Conference Programme and Proceedings of the Annual Canadian-American Conference on the First-Year Experience (4th, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, December 3-5, 1995).
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South Carolina Univ., Columbia. National Resource Center for the Freshman Year Experience and Students in Transition. – 1995
This booklet provides the program and abstracts of presentations given at the Fourth Canadian-American Conference on the First-Year Experience. It includes a list of the goals of the conference, sponsoring institutions, staff, and general information about the conference. The booklet then provides brief descriptions of the 51 sessions held over…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Instruction, College Programs, Enrollment Management