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Peer reviewedGaudette, James; Niccoli, Kenneth – Catalyst for Change, 1992
A case management system provided individualized attention to urban youths returning to mainstream high schools from alternative settings. To prevent dropping out, students received academic assistance, social services, employment services, and computerized resource data. Fewer students dropped out or returned to alternative settings, and more…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, High Risk Students, High School Students, High Schools
Download full textCoyle-Williams, Maureen – 1989
This report highlights recommendations made in recent research reports concerning the role of vocational education in enhancing the success of students at risk of dropping out of school. It has been found that components of vocational education programs successful at retaining students include mechanisms for helping at-risk youth to follow…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Zsiray, Stephen W., Jr.; And Others – 1996
Ninth grade poses unique academic, physical, social, and emotional challenges to students; in fact, it may be the defining year for predicting high school success. It could also be the last chance to catch pupils who are in danger of dropping out of school. The Freshman Center program attempts to give ninth graders the opportunity to succeed. This…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Selection (Students), Dropout Prevention, Grade 9
Myers, Carmel; Drevlow, Susan – 1982
Results of participation in a Summer Bridge Program at the University of California, San Diego, in 1978 for 30 high-risk, minority group, and low-income students are discussed. The program is based on Tinto's (1975) theoretical synthesis of research on dropouts from higher education and is designed to increase a student's integration and…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Articulation (Education), Basic Skills, College Bound Students
