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Conklin, Nancy Faires; Hurtig, Janise – 1986
This report for individuals and organizations engaged in literacy outreach activities explores a youth agency-based, social service professional-facilitated strategy for reaching out-of-school youth. Chapter I describes the growing problem of school dropout. Chapter II synthesizes governmental and scholarly studies of youth and schooling,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research
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Gardiner, John J.; Nazari-Robati, Ali – NASPA Journal, 1983
Suggests that college administrators redirect their attention from studying attrition rates to enacting retention strategies based on responding to student needs and providing a more meaningful educational experience. Several studies dealing with the development of retention programs are reviewed. (JAC)
Descriptors: Administrators, Declining Enrollment, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research
Imel, Susan; Kerka, Sandra – 1990
Adolescent pregnancy and childbearing rates remain higher in the United States than in most Western nations; more than 500,000 teenage girls have babies every year. As these teen parents mature, they have diminished educational and career expectations. A small number of programs directed toward the career needs of teenage parents was developed…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Development, Career Education, Dropout Prevention
Giere, Ursula; And Others – Bulletin of the International Bureau of Education, 1990
This bibliographic review is a guide to publications on literacy in developing countries, which are available in English, French, Spanish, and German. Section I focuses on literacy and its relationship to orality. Section II addresses the interdependence of literacy and development. Definitions and conceptual approaches to literacy are discussed…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Bibliographies, Developing Nations, Dropouts
ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools, Las Cruces, NM. – 1977
One of a series of bibliographies on selected topics, this annotated bibliography includes 116 citations on the educational and occupational aspirations and expectations of rural youth. Citations are derived from the ERIC monthly publications "Resources in Education" (RIE) and "Current Index to Journals in Education" (CIJE).…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Annotated Bibliographies
Guilford Technical Community Coll., Jamestown, NC. – 1985
This combination procedures manual and annotated bibliography is intended to assist faculty and staff at community colleges in North Carolina in developing centralized job placement and development services. The first section describes the project to establish centralized employment services at Guilford Technical Community College during which the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Career Education, Centralization, Community Colleges
National TAFE Clearinghouse, Adelaide (Australia). – 1986
These issues contain abstracts of research reports, literature reviews, conference proceedings, directories, project reports, and other documents describing work being done in the field of technical and further education in Australia. The issues contain 127 and 172 entries, respectively. Each entry contains the following information: a Technical…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Adult Education