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The Holding Power of Vocational Curricula: Characteristics of Effective Dropout Prevention Programs.
Peer reviewedLotto, Linda S. – Journal of Vocational Education Research, 1982
A study of 17 dropout prevention programs identified these common characteristics of successful programs: (1) multiple strategies integrated within a single program, (2) placement in environments dissimilar to traditional schools, (3) concentration of resources on a small target population, and (4) emphasis on vocational education and work…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Program Effectiveness
Download full textNational Advisory Council on Vocational Education, Washington, DC. – 1970
The focus of the third report of the National Advisory Council is on effectively preparing the disadvantaged for full participation in society. The United States has developed into a technological society with no place for the uneducated, unskilled individual. Though the present educational system works well for the majority, 20 percent of the…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Disadvantaged, Dropout Programs, Employment Services
Detroit Board of Education, MI. – 1972
The Job Upgrading Program helps school dropouts and potential dropouts either return to or adjust to the regular school program or become prepared for the world of work. Trainees are given the opportunity to take an abbreviated school program, receive highly individualized personal counseling, learn about the factors for achieving success in a…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Counseling Services, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged Youth
Jahnukainen, Markku – 2000
This paper discusses the outcomes of two intervention models designed to prevent students with disabilities from dropping out of school in Finland. The first model, the "Creating Own Career" model, is based on the main ideas of the City as School projects. The model is designed to emphasize young peoples' own motivation,…
Descriptors: Career Education, Continuation Students, Disabilities, Dropout Prevention
Ministry of Education, Cairo (United Arab Republic). – 1968
This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a proposed project to further the education of those who leave elementary school. The document is divided into three parts: (1) a project for the further education of pupils who have completed the elementary grades; (2) curricula of work experience activities to be…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Agricultural Education, Business Education, Continuation Education
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Occupational Education Programs. – 1989
This casebook has been compiled in response to the expressed need of administrators, counselors, and teachers of occupational education in New York State to share knowledge about programs and initiatives that are successful in helping at-risk students remain in school and graduate with sound occupational skills. Each initiative described in this…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Cooperative Education, Dropout Prevention
New York Univ., NY. Center for Field Research and School Services. – 1973
The High School Redirection Program was designed to maintain 240 potential dropouts in an educational-vocational setting while assisting them to progress toward a high school diploma. Students were admitted from 13 high schools in Brooklyn and from Andrew Jackson in Queens. They were to follow a work-study program through the summer and regular…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Records, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
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
Greater Newark Chamber of Commerce, NJ. – 1973
This volume consists of 29 appendixes. Included are: lists of local business contacts, largest employers and the local advisory committee; write-ups of program evaluations; enrollment statistics and follow up of graduates with regard to employment; dropout statistics and description; special counselor duties; and a statement regarding…
Descriptors: Career Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Dropout Programs
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Inst. on Community Integration. – 1998
The Transition Services program of the Onondaga-Dortland-Madison Board of Cooperative Educational Services (New York) has been identified as an exemplary school-to-work program that includes students with disabilities. The program serves students aged 13-21, most with disabilities; the majority have mental retardation, serious emotional…
Descriptors: College Students, Demonstration Programs, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
KAPLAN, LEON L. – 1967
A SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED TO ASCERTAIN NECESSARY PROCEDURES FOR ESTABLISHING WORK-STUDY PROGRAMS FOR ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL DROPOUTS, AGES 16 AND 17, IN THE LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS SURVEY WAS MADE TO HELP PROVIDE MEANS TO MEET THE CALIFORNIA EDUCATION CODE REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPULSORY CONTINUATION EDUCATION. THE STUDY DETERMINED THAT…
Descriptors: Blue Collar Occupations, Demonstration Centers, Dropout Programs, General Education
Russell, Scott – 1989
This report summarizes the work of five Minnesota organizations that received funding on a competitive basis to develop an integrated program of education, job training, and work experience for youth who have dropped out or who are at-risk of dropping out of high school. The report contains the following: (1) a brief description of the legislative…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Ancillary School Services, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Murugasu, V. – 1978
Work oriented education has been tied to national development in Malaysia since the 1960's. Increasing population, unemployment, and shortages of skilled manpower led the government to relate education more closely to work and develop technical and vocational education. Malaysia extended basic education to lower secondary manpower needs; and…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Agricultural Education, Dropout Programs, Education Work Relationship
