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Download full textWillard, Jacklyn Altuna; Bayes, Brian; Martinez, John – MDRC, 2015
This study reports on the implementation of Gateway to College, a program whose mission is to serve students who have dropped out of high school, or who are at risk of dropping out of high school, by allowing them to earn a high school diploma and credits toward a postsecondary degree. Gateway to College is uniquely ambitious in providing…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Dropouts, Nontraditional Education, College Preparation
Direct linkAmos, Jason, Ed. – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2011
"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) Deficit Committee's Failure Triggers Automatic Spending Cuts: Education Programs Could Face $3.5 Billion in Cuts; (2)…
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, High School Graduates, Public Education, Educational Finance
Harvey, James – 1970
This issue of CURRENTS reviews some of the general findings on the dropout, and outlines approaches that have proven effective at various types of institutions in reducing dropout rates. Most of the programs examined here are aimed at early identification of the potential dropout and prevention of his withdrawal through the provision of special…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts, Higher Education
Peer reviewedBluhm, Harry P.; Couch, Shirley – College and University, 1972
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research
Hruska, Richard A., Comp. – Pennsylvania Department of Education, Division of Data Services, 2006
Act 49 of 1987 requires the Secretary of Education to provide the General Assembly with an annual report on public school dropouts in Pennsylvania. The purpose of this report is to document the actual number of students who drop out each year and to provide various characteristics about these students. The type of data collected about each dropout…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Dropouts, Secondary Schools, Student Characteristics
Peer reviewedPowell, Lois; And Others – Journal of Negro Education, 1975
Evaluates the achievement, intelligence, and personality characteristics of students in the Street Academy, whose basic goal is to provide educational and education related services to school drop-outs, to increase their employment potential. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Education, Dropout Programs, Program Evaluation
Hruska, Richard A., Comp. – Pennsylvania State Department of Education, 2004
Act 49 of 1987 requires the Secretary of Education to provide the General Assembly with an annual report on public school dropouts in Pennsylvania. The purpose of this report is to document the actual number of students who drop out each year and to provide various characteristics about these students. The type of data collected about each dropout…
Descriptors: High Schools, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate
Kratzert, William F.; Kratzert, Mona Y. – 1989
This document reports on a study of the self-concept of students enrolled in a continuation high school. A random sample of 40 students was selected from a school of 190 students. All were administered the Piers-Harris Children's Self Concept Scale to determine their feelings about themselves, and an author-prepared questionnaire to determine…
Descriptors: Continuation Students, Dropout Programs, High Schools, Nontraditional Education
Hruska, Richard A., Comp. – Pennsylvania Department of Education, Division of Data Services, 2005
Act 49 of 1987 requires the Secretary of Education to provide the General Assembly with an annual report on public school dropouts in Pennsylvania. The purpose of this report is to document the actual number of students who drop out each year and to provide various characteristics about these students. The type of data collected about each dropout…
Descriptors: Dropout Programs, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts, Public Schools
Bobek, Joanne R., Comp. – Pennsylvania Department of Education, Division of Data Services, 2007
Act 49 of 1987 requires the Secretary of Education to provide the General Assembly with an annual report on public school dropouts in Pennsylvania. The purpose of this report is to document the actual number of students who drop out each year and to provide various characteristics about these students. The type of data collected about each dropout…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Dropout Programs, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts
Wittenberg, Sandra K. – 1988
This paper on at-risk students in high schools examines and summarizes the literature on characteristics of youth-at-risk, factors causing at-risk students to drop out, and effective methods for keeping at-risk students in school. Those students who are most at-risk have the following characteristics: poor academic record; low parental education…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Programs, Dropouts, Etiology
Neufeld, G. Ronald; Stevens, Allen – 1992
This publication, the first in a series of three monographs on school dropout research, is designed to provide background information as a foundation for local programs planning throughout the Canadian provinces. Topics in this monograph include definitions of dropouts, characteristics of persons who drop out of school, factors that identify…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research
Carnes, Ernest B. – 1972
Recommendations for developing educational programs for high school dropout-prone students are presented in this publication. Data compiled on dropouts by the South Carolina State Department of Education indicate that approximately one out of every two first graders in South Carolina public schools drops out of school before completing the…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Steward, Robbie J.; Jackson, James – 1989
This study of the correlation between the self-concept of black university students and their academic persistence supports previous research identifying the importance of self-efficacy in academic persistence. Forty of the 115 18-year-old, American-born black freshmen, who lived on campus at a large predominantly white university, volunteered to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Black Students, College Freshmen
Larter, Sylvia; Gershman, Janis – 1979
CONTACT is an alternative school program for dropout students who return, and for students who do not benefit from a regular secondary school program. Presented are a history of CONTACT school, a study design, a description of how student needs are identified, and a section on the evaluation instruments. Study results attempt to answer questions…
Descriptors: Continuation Education, Continuation Students, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Programs
