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Using Businesses as On-Site-Schools To Increase Academic Achievement and Develop Employability Skills of At-Risk Students.

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Rippner, Mary – 1992

The Businesses as On-Site Schools (BOSS) program was established as a dropout prevention effort combined with employability training for at-risk high school students. The setting was a vocational/educational alternative center in Florida. Businesses were contacted, and verbal intent to provide on-the-job training and an onsite mentor was…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperative Education, Corporate Support, Dropout Prevention