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JORDAN, BETH C.; LOVING, ROSA H. – 1966
THE PURPOSES OF THIS STUDY WERE TO DETERMINE THE NEEDS FOR STRENGTHENING THE HOMEMAKING PROGRAM AND FOR PLANNING PROGRAMS TO PREPARE YOUNG WOMEN FOR OCCUPATIONS USING HOME ECONOMICS SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE. HOME ECONOMICS TEACHERS COMPLETED DATA SHEETS FOR 2,679 OF THE 20,000 10TH GRADE GIRLS IN VIRGINIA SCHOOLS IN 1954-55. QUESTIONNAIRES WERE SENT…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitudes, Dropouts, Educational Needs
Mahan, Thomas W. – 1968
The final technical report summarizes the development, operations, and effectiveness of Project Concern, Hartford's program of suburban school placement for inner-city children. This approach to educational improvement through busing disadvantaged students to neighboring towns was funded in part by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bus Transportation, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts
Miller, Carroll H. – 1968
The purpose of this project was to establish a demonstration program to provide guidance services for: (1) non-college bound high school seniors, (2) recent high school graduates currently unemployed, and (3) former high school students who had dropped out of school within 3 years of initiation of the project. Specific objectives included: (1)…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Guidance
Stoller, David S., Ed. – 1968
This document abstracts 57 Technical Notes of the Division of Data Analysis and Dissemination of the National Center for Educational Statistics which were prepared between May 1966 and April 1968. Among topics discussed are statistical methods, program budgeting, operations analysis, student achievement, cost effectiveness, educational planning,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Academic Achievement, Bibliographies, Cost Effectiveness
Loughton, A. John – 1974
Individual profiles (age, sex, marital status, number of dependents, type of withdrawal, academic success, center attended, educational background, and date of enrollment) were established for 87% of the 138 students enrolled in the Indian Metis Project for Careers in Teacher Education (IMPACTE) at Brandon University (Canada) between 1970 and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, American Indians, Attitudes
Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. Community Coll. System. – 1977
As part of a continuing study of student flow in the Hawaii community colleges, this report analyzes the persistence patterns of 1974 entering students after six semesters for the community college total and the seven campuses. The persistence patterns of the 9,171 students showed that 29% enrolled for only one semester at their campus of entry…
Descriptors: Age, Cohort Analysis, College Credits, College Graduates
Leach, Ernest R. – 1978
In December 1976 a marketing process was implemented at Prince George's Community College (Maryland) as part of an institutional response to external forces--such as new emphases on life-long learning and equal opportunity, and declining fiscal support--and internal forces, including changing student demographics, enrollments and interests, and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Colleges, Community Services, Delivery Systems
Nallia, William T. – 1975
This report presents the results of an extensive needs assessment conducted by the Lanier County (Georgia) Public Schools as one stage in the development of a comprehensive education plan for the county's schools. The major intent of the needs assessment was to determine to what degree the schools were implementing their stated philosophy of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Career Education, Dropout Characteristics
Dysinger, Dale W. – 1975
The Title VIII Student Support Program (SSP) of the Minneapolis Public Schools was initiated in the 1971-72 school year. This report describes activities of the project for the final (fourth) year and includes descriptions and some comparisons with the previous years. The purpose of the program is to design and implement various ways of reducing…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, American Indians, Attendance, Dropout Prevention
Alfred, Richard L. – 1975
In this study, the enrollment distribution of students attending New York City Community Colleges is examined and evaluated. The introductory section presents briefly the national enrollment picture for two-year and four-year colleges, enumerates the various projections that have been developed by federal and state agencies, and evaluates the…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Attrition (Research Studies), Dropout Rate, Educational Planning
Henry, William F.; Miles, Guy H. – 1974
The objective of this volume (findings of the first 2 phases of a 4 phase research program) was to develop hypotheses (to be tested in future Federal youth programs) about the critical variables affecting the social and occupational adjustment of rural youth of Spanish surname. Some 59 hypotheses were derived from a literature survey, supplemented…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Dropout Rate, Employment Opportunities, Field Interviews
Miles, Guy H. – 1973
The Rural Youth Program, an experimental program structured upon the results of extensive research on the needs of rural youths in the Southeast, is a coordinated in-school/out-of-school program to meet the needs of rural youths 14 to 20 years of age, regardless of whether these needs stem from poverty, an inadequate educational system,…
Descriptors: Counseling, Dropout Prevention, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Experimental Programs
Lee, Glenda E. – 1975
Student characteristics and educational destinations of all the reverse transfer students from five state universities who were admitted to five community colleges during one calendar year (N=459) were studied to re-assess and define the "retread function" of community colleges. A group of 245 native community college students were randomly…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, College Transfer Students, Counseling
Ferguson, John L.; And Others – 1969
This investigation entailed surveys of the operation of the Missouri State Office of Adult Basic Education (ABE) and of local program characteristics, as well as of followup study of adults (enrollees age 25 or over with less than eight years of schooling) who terminated during the 1967-68 fiscal year. Interviews, a questionnaire, and state…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Dropouts, Age Differences, Costs
Baker, William Pitt – 1962
The purposes of this second report in a series of 5-year follow-up studies of a school district in San Jose, California, were (1) to compare bilingual (Mexican American) and monolingual graduates and dropouts from the school years ending in 1958 and 1960 and (2) to compare the results of this 1961 study with a similar study conducted during the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Evaluation, Disadvantaged
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