A CLUSTER OF EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES WAS SOUGHT WHICH WAS COMMON TO A SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION OF THE YOUTH AT THE LORTON YOUTH CENTER OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. THESE EXPERIENCES WERE POSTULATED AS CAUSAL FACTORS IN DROPOUTS, DELINQUENCY, AND EVENTUAL INCARCERATION. DATA PRETAINING TO EDUCATIONAL OR EDUCATIONAL-RELATED…

TWO ARTICLES ARE PRESENTED. THE FIRST BY LEONARD M. MILLER, "THE DROPOUT--SCHOOLS SEARCH FOR CLUES TO HIS PROBLEMS," DISCUSSED DATA DISCOVERED BY DIFFERENT STATES ON DROPOUTS. IN MARYLAND COUNSELORS CLAIM THAT LACK OF INTEREST AND DISLIKE OF SCHOOL WERE THE MAIN REASONS FOR DROPOUTS. SPECIFICALLY, THEY WERE DISCOURAGED OVER THEIR…

ALTHOUGH THE DROPOUT PROBLEM IS ONE OF GREAT CONCERN AT BOTH LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEVELS, IT IS READILY APPARENT THAT THE PROBLEM IS NOT THE SAME EVERYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY. DROPOUT RATES VARY CONSIDERABLY FROM ONE COMMUNITY TO ANOTHER, AND EVEN DIFFER BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE SAME SCHOOL SYSTEM. LIMITATIONS IN PREVIOUS STUDIES OF THE PROBLEM HAVE…

AN INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED INVOLVING 50 BOYS (37 WHITE AND 13 NEGRO) UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE WHO LEFT SCHOOL AND WERE HAVING DIFFICULTY OBTAINING OR KEEPING JOBS. THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT WAS TO DISCOVER THEIR ATTITUDES TOWARD SCHOOL LIFE, AUTHORITIES AND PARENTS AS WELL AS THEIR PERSONAL ASPIRATIONS AND PROBLEMS. IN RESPONSE TO A SERIES OF…

THE PROBABILITIES OF BEING IN SCHOOL AT EACH AGE, FOR ALL MALE CHILDREN AND FOR CHILDREN FROM FAMILIES WITH LOW INCOMES, ARE PRESENTED IN TABULAR FORM FROM FIGURES OBTAINED FROM "THE UNITED STATES CENSUS OF POPULATION 1960--SCHOOL ENROLLMENT." ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT STUDENTS FROM LOW-INCOME FAMILIES HAVE A SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER TENDENCY TO…

A REVISED VERSION OF THE 1963 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF RESOURCE MATERIALS PROVIDES INFORMATION ON IDENTIFYING THE POTENTIAL DROPOUT, ON MEASURES BEING TAKEN BY SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM, AND ON THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF RESEARCH BEING CONDUCTED ON THE DROPOUT PROBLEM. THE MATERIALS ARE IN SECTIONS--"GENERAL…

SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF FARM AND NONFARM YOUTHS WERE ANALYZED. THE 1960 POPULATION CENSUS SUPPLIED THE DATA. A SUMMARY OF RESULTS FOLLOWS--(1) DROPOUT RATES FOR YOUTH 16 TO 17 AND 18 TO 19 YEARS OF AGE WERE LOWEST IN URBAN AREAS AND HIGHEST IN RURAL-NONFARM AREAS, (2) URBAN-RURAL DIFFERENCES IN ESTIMATED…

THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS ABSTRACTS OF TECHNICAL NOTES. THE TECHNICAL NOTES ARE WORKING PAPERS OF THE DIVISION OF OPERATIONS ANALYSIS AND ARE BEING CIRCULATED BY MEANS OF DEPOSIT IN THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER. (HW)