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Bard, Bernard – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 1969
Condensed from "The Kiwanis Magazine, Volume 53 (September 1968), 22-25, 42.
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Students, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Strother, Deborah Burnett – Phi Delta Kappan, 1986
Reports on the results of several major studies of high school dropouts. Topics addressed are who drops out and why; school-related causes; and prevention policies and programs. Stresses the urgency of addressing the nationwide dropout problem and recommends courses of action. Appended are 19 references. (IW)
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate