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Download full textMatranga, Myrna; Mitchell, Douglas E. – 1988
Over 35 percent of all Western Region students (in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah) entering the ninth grade in 1980 failed to complete high school. This paper provides education policy makers with an overall understanding of the Western Region dropout problem, reviews available research, analyzes alternative change strategies, and briefly…
Descriptors: Alienation, Change Strategies, Dropouts, Educational Environment
O'Connor, Patrick – OSSC Bulletin, 1985
Spurred by a national dropout rate of 25 percent, educators are examining causes of leaving school early, identifying high risk students, and devising student retention programs. This paper profiles the potential dropout, describes 10 characteristics of effective student retention programs, and describes three exemplary programs in Colorado,…
Descriptors: Alienation, Continuation Students, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research
National Service as a Non-School Alternative to Education at the Secondary-Post Secondary Interface.
Dolan, Timothy – 1986
A service period for youth is a reasonable idea, considering decreasing employment opportunities, increasing political and social alienation, widespread social pathologies, and the continued expansion of adolescence beyond its physiological and psychological parameters. Youth service has evolved from a federal "Great Society" concept to…
Descriptors: Alienation, Boards of Education, Bureaucracy, Disadvantaged
