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Peer reviewedPena, Jesus J.; And Others – Urban Review, 1979
Describes the Youth Opportunity Program at the Central Islip, New York, Psychiatric Center and evaluates its effectiveness in preventing school dropout and providing career training. (ST)
Descriptors: Career Education, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts, Employment Programs
Prophet, Matthew W. – 1986
The Portland School District addresses the dropout problem through programs which fall into the following categories: (1) keeping students engaged in meaningful learning according to their needs, and counseling if necessary, (2) placing students appropriately; (3) monitoring their performance and (4) intervening to prevent and recover dropouts.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts
Download full textNational Committee on Employment of Youth, New York, NY. – 1963
A descriptive review of three job preparation programs for out-of-work youth and guidelines for organizing similar programs in local communities are presented. The programs ranged from a large operation in Detroit to smaller individualized programs initiated by Kalamazoo, Michigan, and North Richmond, California. They were designed primarily to…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Dropouts, Guidelines, High School Graduates
Gilsinan, James F.; Tomey, E. Allan – 1980
A study compared the effectiveness of public and private sector work experience programs. In five locations equal numbers of jobs were developed in the private and public/nonprofit sectors. To equalize the incentives relative to the public sector, full wage subsidies were provided on an experimental basis in the private sector. Youth were matched…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts, Economically Disadvantaged
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1980
The Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects were designed to test whether guaranteed part-time jobs during the school year and full-time jobs in the summer would induce economically disadvantaged youths to remain in or return to school. The General Accounting Office (GAO) found that most worksites provided adequate experiences. Others, however,…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts
GOLDBERG, F.S. – 1966
IN RECENT YEARS YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS HAVE PROLIFERATED, MAINLY AS A RESULT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S EXPANDED ROLE IN THIS AREA. THE PROGRAMS ARE OF TWO BASIC TYPES--(1) VOCATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS WHICH PREPARE THE YOUTH FOR EMPLOYMENT BY EQUIPPING HIM WITH A PARTICULAR SKILL AND PROPER WORK HABITS AND (2) UPWARD…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Blacks, Dropouts, Employment Opportunities
Jaede, Ann – 1991
This document summarizes annual reports of two organizations providing specialized education, training, and work experience to targeted youth who have not been effectively served by the current education system in Minnesota. The City, Inc., in Minneapolis, and the Bi-County Community Action Council, Inc. (BI-CAP) in Bemidji, provided programs for…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts, Educationally Disadvantaged
Glaser, Roberta E.; Kley, Raymond C. – 1982
Ohio's Occupational Work Adjustment (OWA) program is a one- to two-year ungraded vocational program for fourteen- and fifteen-year-olds who have been identified as potential dropouts from the regular educational program. Begun on a pilot basis in 1967, OWA served over 80,000 students in 499 programs during the 1981-82 school year. The goal of OWA,…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Career Guidance, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education, New York, NY. – 1988
Hispanic-American dropouts are a population seriously at risk socially and economically in the United States. A recent study by the Hispanic Policy Development Project (HPDP), "Too Late to Patch: Reconsidering Second-Chance Opportunities for Hispanic and Other Dropouts," suggests a number of programs that can benefit the 1.8 million…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts, Economic Opportunities
Schubert, Jane Gary – 1973
The report contains an overall account of three annual evaluation studies (1971-73) of a project designed to demonstrate how four components supplemented the existing counseling system in the Pittsburgh Public Schools. The components providing occupational information were: (1) a career orientation program for sixth, seventh, and eighth grades;…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Exploration, Cooperative Education, Counseling Services
City Univ. of New York, NY. Young Adult Learning Academy. – 1990
The Young Adult Learning Academy (YALA) established by the Office of the Mayor of New York City serves dropouts aged 16 to 24 years of age who read below the eighth-grade level. Fourteen independent agencies recruit the students and provide services that include counseling, work maturity training, and job placement. During fiscal year 1990, YALA…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Basic Education, Agency Cooperation, Ancillary School Services
Randell, Shirley K. – 1979
The paper discusses some of the issues involved in the transition of students from school to work in Australia. First, there is an overview of the Schools Commission's views on school-work transition as expressed in its reports. The reports draw attention to the necessity for recurrent education to allow every member of society to have access to…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Career Education, Career Exploration, Career Guidance
HOWARD, JACK; AND OTHERS – 1967
THE SUCCESSES AND FAILURES OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH CORPS (NYC) ARE DISCUSSED IN THIS JOURNAL ISSUE DEVOTED TO THE PROGRAM. IT IS NOTED THAT ALTHOUGH A LACK OF DATA MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO REALISTICALLY EVALUATE NYC, ITS ADMINISTRATORS STRONGLY DEFEND THE PROGRAM'S RECORD IN DECREASING DROPOUTS AND JUVENILE CRIME, AND IN IMPROVING SCHOOL…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts
Welch, Frederick G. – 1979
A study was conducted to develop baseline information about the cost effectiveness of cooperative vocational education to be used in teacher education programs in Pennsylvania. Information gathered included data on cost effectiveness, types of occupations for which students were prepared, the effect of school dropout and youth employment on local…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Capstone Experiences, Career Guidance, Cooperative Programs
Grassmuck, Janice; Greene, Joshua – 1980
Prepared at the request of the U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, this study analyzes present federal programs serving youth and evaluates a variety of alternative approaches, without making recommendations. After a summary of the issues involved in the youth employment problem (such as whether to emphasize training and education…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Blacks, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts
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