This report presents statistics on the dropout rate for the Wake County Public Schools, North Carolina. Before the 1997-98 school year, a steady decline had occurred in the Wake County Public School System's unduplicated dropout rate for grades 7 through 12. The unduplicated dropout rate is the percent of first-time dropouts. The dropout rate rose…

Oregon school districts are required to report to the state Department of Education students who are identified as dropouts. Information is reported on each such student that makes it possible to describe dropouts with respect to several characteristics. The Department of Education summarizes these reports for grades 9 through 12 at school,…

This study examined the progress of students in New York City who entered the ninth grade in fall 1997 and were scheduled to graduate in spring 2001 after 4 years of high school. This report indicates the percentages of students in this class, the Class of 2001, who graduated, dropped out, and were still enrolled in school to attend a fifth year…

This paper describes the design and function of Louisiana's statewide student-level database, the Student Information System (SIS). In Louisiana the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education adopted the dropout definition of the National Center for Education Statistics for use by all Louisiana public schools in the 1989-1990 school year.…

A plan for a college educational theatre program to educate and motivate college students who are in danger of becoming dropouts. (CH)

The present experiment provided evidence in support of the hypothesis that self monitoring is a reactive data gathering procedure; the only measure to show clear cut self monitoring effects was the one which students were monitoring. (Author)

Describes an apprenticelike program of arts and crafts'' for fifth and sixth grade boys. (Author/SP)

Male high school dropouts were found to differ from high school (attending) males of the same age in several significant variables. (AN)

Very few Asian children enroll in school. Those who do enroll are faced with many problems, such as ill-trained teachers and under-equipped classrooms. Moreover, those who manage to obtain a college degree have difficulty in finding jobs. (CK)

Describes a program for underprivileged students which emphasizes the need for educational opportunity for these students, and raises several questions about admission policies, and other problems that the underprivileged student is faced with. (ML)

A flexible seven-quarter automotive program prepares students for jobs at whatever level they have reached before being compelled to stop school. (GR)

This unusual Distributive Education program is designed specifically to rehabilitate ghetto dropouts with full-time jobs during the day and evening classes. (SB)

The likelihood of returning to school among high school dropouts was found to be influenced more by the individual's characteristics than by school related factors. Those who were older, married, had lower educational aspirations, and lived in counties with lower school expenditures were less likely to resume their schooling. (Author/MJL)

Path analysis was used to test the T into model of college dropouts using a sample drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972. Findings support the notion that commitment to the goal of college completion has the strongest effect on persistence. (Author/GK)

The intent of the retention effort at Pacific Lutheran University was to analyze the actual retention figures for the University, to gain an understanding of factors related to student retention, and to devise intervention recommendations to improve retention. Recommendations produced changes and the retention of freshmen students showed…