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Middlesex County Coll., Edison, NJ. – 1982
A program entitled Project COPS (Career Oriented Peer Tutoring System) is a comprehensive peer tutoring and advisement approach that was undertaken to improve student retention at Middlesex County College in Edison, New Jersey. The principal goal of the project was to reach potentially unsuccessful entering freshmen students and to offer them…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research
Foley, Eileen; Crull, Peggy – 1984
This report contains research findings on student achievement and retention at New York City alternative high schools serving dropouts and potential dropouts. After a summary and introduction, statistics are presented which reveal that alternative schools facilitate positive changes in student performance. Next, reasons for students' dropping out…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Patterns, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate
Beacham, Herbert C. – 1980
Although Florida law requires job placement and follow-up services for all students graduating or leaving the school system, there is a lack of understanding about contributing causes and possible solutions to the problem of high school dropouts. To gather information to develop an innovative program to reach dropouts and potential dropouts, 282…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research
Bogart, Martha; Hirshberg, Ruth – 1993
Ranken Technical College, a small, private, non-profit, two-year technical college in St. Louis, developed a plan whereby at-risk students would be flagged, their needs assessed, and programs put into place to meet those needs. The desired result was a higher retention rate, especially among minorities. The following components were found to be…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Dropout Prevention, High Risk Students, Holistic Approach
Retaining At-Risk Students: The Role of Career and Vocational Education. Information Series No. 335.
Download full textTindall, Lloyd W. – 1988
This paper reviews the literature related to the role of career and vocational education in retaining at-risk secondary youth and motivating them to return to secondary or postsecondary school. Selected literature from nonvocational but related areas of service is reviewed to provide the reader with an overview of the scope of the problem and the…
Descriptors: Career Education, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Education Work Relationship
Farmer, John E. – 1980
The introductory material to this student retention manual focuses on the legal responsibility of Florida community colleges with regard to retention, and on data collection for program planning, factors that affect retention, accountability, and the essentials of a retention program. The remainder of the manual is presented as a checklist of…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Community Colleges, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Scott, Joyce; And Others – 1983
This module, the first in a three-volume series, deals with dropout prevention, and is organized in two parts: a trainer's manual and a participant's resource manual. It is designed for inservice training of teachers, counselors, and administrators in vocational schools. Addressed in the individual chapters of the trainer's module are the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Techniques, Conferences, Counseling Techniques
