Compared persons who attended career workshops and those who registered but did not attend. Interviews with nonattenders showed 45 percent had forgotten or felt discouraged, 38 percent gave environmental reasons, and 17 percent indicated they had already met their goals. (JAC)

This book explores the issues related to dropouts from higher education and presents a guide to identifying problems and developing practical solutions to the problems of retaining students. The chapters of part 1, The Challenge of Retention, are: (1) Keeping Students in Higher Education: A Pathway for Retention; and (2) A Student-Centered…

This is the first in a series of briefs examining the progress in raising high school graduation rates over the past decade. During this period, the prevailing belief has been that all students who wanted to or needed to graduate did so. However, it is now recognized that in every state there are too many communities and schools where high school…

A growing evidence base suggests that participation in out-of-school time (OST) programs can make a positive difference in the lives of young people. Researchers and practitioners assert that high quality, organized OST activities have the potential to support and promote youth development because they:(1) situate youth in safe environments; (2)…

Engagement in learning is closely linked to student achievement and other outcomes, such as reduced dropout rates and youth risk behaviors (Blank, 1997; Dev, 1997; Dryfoos, 1990; Woods, 1995). School engagement has been defined to include behavioral components such as active participation in school activities, and psychological components such as…

A look at a study funded by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development which is attempting to demonstrate that imaginative applications of telecommunications will enable business units'' to operate effectively over wide distances and thus prevent migrations from rural areas. (Author/AK)

A drug-dependent, college dropout was treated successfully with covert conditioning in a behaviorally oriented treatment program. The drug-taking behavior was not altered directly. Attention is drawn to these findings as well as to a proposed treatment program for heroin-addicted college dropouts. (Author)

Identifies costs to individuals and to the government that are associated with failure to complete specified levels of schooling. (JF)

Taste of community college keeps potential dropouts in school. (Editor)

A short review of the development of adult education in Ceylon, from the introduction of Buddhism in the third century B. C. to the present time, with emphasis on twentieth century programs and achievements. (JB)

A summer program conducted to encourage male high school dropouts to return to school met with a high degree of success. Each boy was directed to re-examine his values toward education and life. (CK)

A project to encourage youth with problems to finish school is discussed. (CK)