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Hershey, David E. – Business Officer, 1981
The interrelation of enrollment, marketing, and retention, and implications for enrollment management planning at the postsecondary level are considered. Factors that will likely affect enrollment in the 1980s include sources of support for private institutions; increased federal controls, including legislation for veterans and financial aid; and…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Admissions Counseling, College Attendance, College Bound Students
Wagoner, Gordon – 1981
Liberty High School's experimental project using correspondence courses to expand curriculum offerings, begun in 1977, increased vocational offerings from 12 to nearly 2,000 by 1979 and provided career exploration opportunities for its 187 students. All students and incoming freshmen for 1977-78 had an opportunity to select at least one…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Exploration, Correspondence Study, Curriculum Enrichment
Liaw, Shoubee – 1977
This report is a 1977 needs assessment for the State Urban, Rural, Racial, Disadvantaged Education Programs (URRD) in Seattle, Washington. URRD programs are defined as state funded efforts which provide special services to students from disadvantaged, minority, or poverty backgrounds. The study provides data on students in the Seattle Public…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Bilingual Education, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1980
As part of a review of the educational goals set by Wisconsin's Department of Public Instruction, those attending the state's annual conference for district administrators in 1980 were asked to participate in meetings concerning seven aspects of educational goals, and to provide relevant comments and recommendations. The areas addressed were basic…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attendance, Basic Skills, Declining Enrollment
Christensen, Rosemary; Witthuhn, Jan – 1981
In order to design programs that will work well with Indian students, the Indian Education Section of the urban Minneapolis Public Schools is seeking accurate data about its 1,800 American Indian students through a conceptual research model that focuses on demographics, background and socialization variables, and school performance. Among the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indian Education, American Indians, Cultural Background
Budd, Diane M. – 1981
Phase 2 of a three-phase project examined the secondary education background and employment adjustment of handicapped youth in rural counties in Florida. (Phase 1 was a pilot study.) Subjects were former special education students in five rural project counties who had been identified as needing services in the area of educable mental retardation,…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Educational Background, Emotional Disturbances, Employment Patterns
Swanson, Gordon; And Others – 1978
This multi-authored book concentrates on how vocational education can help alleviate youth unemployment. G. Swanson reviews the role of vocational education in the nation's employment and training programs. He discusses education and training legislation, changes in legislative and program emphasis, and the national commitment to institution-based…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Dropouts, Educational Change, Educational Programs
Hawkins, Joseph A., Jr.; Bartlett, Joan C. – 1978
More than 50 college students participated in an investigation of the extent to which content area study skills programs influenced the attrition rates and grade point averages of health science students whose performance was marginal. Two experimental study skills programs were developed. In the first, 11 students were placed in a "how to study…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Content Area Reading, Dropout Prevention
Stevenson, James A. – 1979
A number of sources have focused upon the lower socio-economic category of community college students and their success in completing a four-year college program. Some are pessimistic, claiming that very low percentages of two-year college students ever graduate from four-year college programs, and that most who drop out are from low income…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Community Colleges, Developmental Programs
Scerba, John R. – 1979
The effectiveness of matching learning styles of community college students to similar teaching strategies in English and mathematics courses was investigated in relation to (1) academic success in courses; (2) attitudes toward the instructor and the course; and (3) attrition rate in courses. Five hypotheses were tested: students would have…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Cognitive Style, College Instruction
Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. Community Coll. System. – 1979
Since 1975, the Student Flow Project of the Hawaii community colleges, an ongoing longitudinal study, has examined the progress of students through the community college system. It complements enrollment data with information on non-continuing students and graduates. The Project consists of three basic components: (1) admissions, which deals with…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, Community Colleges, Dropout Rate, Institutional Research
Download full textRobertshaw, Dianne; Wolfle, Lee M. – 1980
Data from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS) including the 1976 follow-up were used to examine the effects of interrupting or delaying school attendance on the eventual educational attainment of white male students. Background variables include socioeconomic and other family characteristics. Achievement test…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Dropouts
Clagett, Craig A. – 1980
The criminal justice curriculum at Prince George's Community College emphasizes a broad social science education, designed to prepare students for immediate employment in law enforcement or for transfer to a four-year program. Program enrollments and student credit hours showed a similar pattern of growth in the mid-1970's, followed by a recent…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Community Colleges, Dropout Rate, Employer Attitudes
Laughlin, Margaret A. – 1980
The children of migrant agricultural families are the most educationally disadvantaged group in the United States; they under-perform all other groups, have the highest dropout rate, have the lowest academic level, and have the highest number of school failures. The majority are Mexican American, Black, and Puerto Rican children whose families…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Culture Conflict, Disadvantaged Environment, Dropouts
Des Moines Public Schools, IA. – 1968
EACH OF THE 22 COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROJECTS CONDUCTED IN THE DES MOINES, IOWA, PUBLIC SCHOOLS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR AND SUMMER IS SEPARATELY EVALUATED IN THIS REPORT. SOME OF THE PROJECTS CONCENTRATED ON INSTRUCTION IN READING, LANGUAGE ARTS, MATHEMATICS, HUMANITIES, OR PRACTICAL SCIENCE. OTHERS OFFERED SPECIAL SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES. A…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Dropout Prevention, Enrichment Activities, Handicapped Children
