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Download full textParise, Leigh M.; Corrin, William; Granito, Kelly; Haider, Zeest; Somers, Marie-Andrée; Cerna, Oscar – MDRC, 2017
While high school graduation rates are on the rise nationwide, too many students still never reach that milestone, with 7,000 on average dropping out every day. Recognizing that many students need additional support to succeed in school, Communities In Schools (CIS) works to provide and connect students with integrated support services to keep…
Descriptors: Caseworker Approach, Randomized Controlled Trials, Academic Support Services, Student Personnel Services
Bass, Randall V.; Bass, Jo Ann F. – 1991
Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU), a program operating on funds from the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), was initiated at Arkansas State University in 1989. The 60-day program is targeted to economically disadvantaged 14- and 15-year-olds who are on grade level and have been identified as being likely to drop out of high school, but are not…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Federal Programs, High Risk Students, High Schools
Laughrey, Michael C. – 1990
This practicum paper describes the design and implementation of a mentoring program to improve the academic achievement of black male urban high school students. The program utilizes black adult mentors from both the community and the school's faculty. Mentors function as role models, advisers, and resource persons. The program design includes the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Achievement, Black Education, Black Students
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Office of Youth Programs. – 1980
This volume contains four interim reports of the Career Intern Program (CIP) replication portion of the Alternative Education Demonstration operated by Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America and evaluated by the National Institute of Education. (The CIP is an alternative high school serving dropouts and students at a high risk of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Awareness, Career Education, Community Organizations
Rippner, Mary – 1992
The Businesses as On-Site Schools (BOSS) program was established as a dropout prevention effort combined with employability training for at-risk high school students. The setting was a vocational/educational alternative center in Florida. Businesses were contacted, and verbal intent to provide on-the-job training and an onsite mentor was…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperative Education, Corporate Support, Dropout Prevention
