To maintain the current level of educational services for pregnant and parenting adolescents in California, 800 more openings will be needed by 1992. The increase will be necessary to accommodate the state's youngest mothers' (those from 14 to 15 years old) increasing birth rate. A telephone survey, conducted in December 1986 and January 1987, of…

The Calgary Program for Parenting Adolescents (PPA) was designed to provide an opportunity for parenting teenaged girls to complete their high school education. For the purposes of evaluation, surveys were developed for each of the respondent groups: students (n=58), teachers (n=26), PPA staff (n=10), PPA coordinating committee members (n=4), and…

Responses to a survey questionnaire completed by 1,070 migrant students who returned to school after dropping out were tabulated and listed by response frequency to determine student characteristics that will help migrant educators predict dropout behavior and address its causes. Participating students were enrolled in 13 High School Equivalency…

A study was conducted to determine factors leading to the success of General Educational Development (GED) recipients at North Shore Community College (NSCC). The sample population consisted of 160 GED recipients who had attended more than one semester at NSCC, declared a major, and earned a grade point average (GPA) of at least 1.00. The survey…