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Lafleur, Brenda – 1992
This publication presents the results of a study undertaken to measure the economic costs of students who drop out of secondary school in Canada and summarizes the social and economic costs of dropping out. The primary objectives of the report are to raise awareness of these costs among the business community and to motivate all stakeholders to…
Descriptors: Cost Estimates, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate, Dropouts
Ramirez, Elizabeth Weiser – 1993
This fact sheet on Hispanic American education in the United States in 1993 offers information on families, spending, school to work transitions, and education at preschool through college levels. The Hispanic population is growing much faster than the rest of the population, and by 1990 it comprised 9 percent of the national population. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Rate, Economically Disadvantaged