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Direct linkStephani L. Wrabel; Jennie W. Wenger; Linda Cottrell – RAND Corporation, 2025
The National Guard Youth ChalleNGe program is a residential, quasi-military program that serves young people ages 16 to 18 who are struggling to complete their high school credential. This is the ninth report in an annual series that RAND researchers have issued. The prior annual reports cover 2015 through 2022. Each annual report documents the…
Descriptors: High School Students, Residential Programs, Military Training, Youth Programs
Peer reviewedSinha, Sanjay – Community Development Journal, 1981
Discusses elements of an implementation methodology for the removal of poverty in India. Includes background, methodology, aggregation of demands, economics of the strategy, complementary activities and infrastructure, mechanics of implementation, and monitoring. (CT)
Descriptors: Dropouts, Poverty Programs, Program Costs, Program Evaluation
Peer reviewedMaclure, Stuart – Oxford Review of Education, 1982
Examines the implications of a British plan to provide one-year paid traineeships to all unemployed 16 year-old school dropouts. Rising youth unemployment has prompted proposals for new postsecondary vocational and technical education programs. The program's impact on the secondary curriculum and postsecondary educational systems and on program…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Dropouts, Postsecondary Education, Program Costs
Peer reviewedde los Santos, Gilberto – College and University, 1984
A project to improve Pan American's recruitment efforts in student markets already being served, rather than seeking new markets, is described. The project had two target groups: students accepted but not enrolled, and students who had left the university in good academic standing before graduating. Favorable results were achieved at low cost.…
Descriptors: College Applicants, Cost Effectiveness, Dropouts, Enrollment Influences
Download full textManpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1971
The Postal Academy program was designed in late 1969 to provide basic education skills and job opportunities for disadvantaged school dropouts and to give educational help to postal employees who were unable to qualify for advancement. To determine the effectiveness of the program, this study sought to: (1) identify changes in the students'…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts, Enrollment
Vaizey, John – Universities Quarterly, 1971
Dropouts are a wastage and very serious cost to students and educational institutions. (IR)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Cost Effectiveness, Dropouts, Employment Opportunities
National Governors' Association, Washington, DC. Center for Policy Research and Analysis. – 1987
The first part of this report on school dropouts summarizes the testimony at a hearing on dropouts given by: (1) Jacqueline P. Danzberger, The Institute for Educational Leadership; (2) Anthony Earl, former governor of Wisconsin; (3) Janice Earle, National Alliance of State Boards of Education; (4) Gloria Frazier, National Foundation for the…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts, Hearings
Mizell, M. Hayes – Spectrum, 1986
Identifies basic issues relevant to the development of dropout prevention programs. Considers (1) risk factors leading to dropout, (2) nine possible target groups for dropout intervention, and (3) four possible constraints (cost, burden, directions, and laws) that will influence the consideration and selection of new policies or programs. (IW)
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Support Programs. – 1987
This document evaluates Eight Percent Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Programs operated in North Carolina's public schools during the 1986-87 school year. Data were received from local education agencies (LEAs) operating 13 Extended School Day Programs, 5 Spring Start-Up Extended School Day Programs, and 3 Dropout Youth Projects. Data on the…
Descriptors: American Indians, Compensatory Education, Disabilities, Dropout Programs
Utah State Board of Education, Salt Lake City. – 1970
Major purposes for the preparation of this report on public school adult education in Utah were: to provide the public with a description of achievements, trends, and needs, and with meaningful cost accounting information; to make comparisons and analyses of adult education by program, school district, and year; and to provide the adult education…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Annual Reports, Civil Defense
James, Overton – 1973
The 26th annual report (1973) of American Indian education programs in Oklahoma is presented. The Oklahoma education program is financed and operated under a contract between the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of Interior, and the State Department of Education. The supervision of the program is carried out entirely by the State…
Descriptors: American Indians, Ancillary School Services, Annual Reports, Dropouts
Fiske, Edward B. – 1998
This report addresses the problem of school wastage in developing countries, provides the latest data on trends in repetition and drop-out, and deals with three questions: (1) how extensive is school wastage? (2) what are its causes? and (3) what can be done to make schools more efficient? Wastage is defined as the missed opportunities for…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Developing Nations, Dropouts, Educational Opportunities
Poorman, Robert L. – 1977
Community colleges may fall short of the expectations made of them but they do so not by design but by lack of design. These expectations and assumptions, as commonly held by community college educators, students, and critics, include both positive and negative myths and realities. The assumptions that community college programs are inexpensive,…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Beliefs, College Role, Community Colleges
Southern Illinois Univ., Carbondale. – 1972
Two types of educational programs were designed to reach the potential dropout of 14-15 years of age and the early school leaver. The first program, known as the Work Experience and Career Exploration Program (WECEP), was developed to expose potential dropouts to the world of work and to impress upon them the importance of a high school education.…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Cooperative Education, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 1966
EIGHTEEN COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN WASHINGTON STATE FUNDED UNDER TITLE I OF THE 1965 ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT ARE BRIEFLY REVIEWED IN THIS REPORT. TO A GREAT EXTENT THESE PROGRAMS (MOSTLY FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS) PROVIDE REMEDIAL WORK IN READING, WRITING, AND ORAL COMMUNICATION. MANY ARE ALSO CONCERNED WITH…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Compensatory Education, Dropouts, Elementary Schools
