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Fitzgerald, Ronald T. – 1977
The Commission of Inquiry into Poverty in Australia investigated the relationship between poverty and education. Specifically, the Commission was concerned with cultural disadvantages among the poor, the poverty cycle, and adequacy of existing education and cultural services for the poor. The Commission maintained that improved education for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Ancillary Services, Career Education
Peer reviewedNeumann, Richard A. – Urban Education, 1991
Colorado's Second Chance Pilot Program allows dropouts to return to designated Second Chance centers to complete requirements for a high school diploma or equivalent certificate. The high degree of satisfaction of students at Second Chance centers, and the waiting lists for enrollment demonstrate the potential for recovering dropouts. (SLD)
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Continuation Students, Dropout Programs, Educational Opportunities
Download full textBellevue Public Schools, WA. – 1972
This document describes an alternative high school program developed to provide a continuing educational opportunity for students who had discontinued their education prior to high school graduation. Data collection focus provided comprehensive information about (1) the characteristics of students and applicants, (2) the degree to which the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuation Students, Dropouts, Goal Orientation
Valisno, Mona Dumlao – 1980
Described here is the Accreditation and Equivalency Programme (AEP), begun in the Philippines in 1976. Early chapters emphasize that the program was instituted to establish citizens' eligibility to receive academic credit for out-of-school learning and experiences, to encourage dropouts to return to school, and to determine eligibility for…
Descriptors: Continuation Students, Credits, Dropout Programs, Educational Attainment
Hill, Susan; And Others – 1981
The status of women enrolled in collegiate and noncollegiate schools in spring 1976 and social and economic characteristics of these students are examined, based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau's 1976 Survey of Income and Education. For students who were dependents, information is presented on their families. Findings include the following:…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Continuation Students
California Univ., Davis. Office of Student Affairs Research and Information. – 1992
A study was done of transfer students entering the University of California (Davis) from Fall 1976 through Spring 1991. "Transfers" are students who enter with at least sophomore standing (more than 40 transfer units), are identified by undergraduate admissions as advanced standing, or whose source school is not a high school. Study of…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Asian Americans, Black Students, College Freshmen
Imel, Susan – 2003
The increase in the number of youth under age 18 enrolling in federally funded adult basic and literacy education programs is a trend that is putting increasing pressures on programs designed to serve an adult population. Documenting the extent of the trend is difficult due to the way in which federal statistics on age of program participants have…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adults, Basic Skills, Continuation Students
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Youth, Adult and Alternative Educational Services Div. – 1995
This revised guide is designed to help school administrators, teachers, and counselors operate and improve their continuation programs and develop a school program based on the Model Curriculum Standards, Grades 9 through 12 and Raising Expectations: Model Graduation Requirements. It references up-to-date legal and technical information and…
Descriptors: Continuation Students, Dropout Prevention, Educational Environment, Educational Quality
Kulich, Jindra; Bron-Wojciechowska, Agnieszka – 1978
Polish folk high schools are modeled after schools developed in the mid-1850s in Denmark to provide general, non-credit education for young adults in rural areas. The main objectives of the folk high schools are to provide a climate for individual student development and to serve as centers where young adults can learn about their cultural…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Boarding Schools, Community Support, Comparative Education
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, Thessaloniki (Greece). – 2003
This document contains the agenda and papers presented at the Agora IX meeting in Thessaloniki, Greece in June 2000 on alternative education and training processes. The papers are "Integration of Migrant Pupils in the Danish Education System" (Bang); "Support Services for Inclusive Education" (De Vroey); "Single Sex…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Continuation Students, Disadvantaged, Dropout Prevention
Jones, Arthur J. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1907
The term "continuation school," while commonly used in England for some time has not been generally employed in this country and may need some further explanation. As use in this bulletin, it refers to any type of school which offers to people while they are at work opportunity for further education and training. It thus presupposes…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Needs, Agencies
SMITH, MAX S.; AND OTHERS – 1965
DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GIVEN FOR A PROGRAM OF HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETION STUDIES FOR ADULTS AND TEENAGERS IN MICHIGAN. THE BACKGROUND AND THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF THE DROPOUT PROBLEM ARE REVIEWED, AND THE OPPORTUNITIES AND PROBLEMS (PRINCIPALLY ACCREDITATION AND FINANCIAL POLICY) PRESENTED BY EXISTING PROGRAMS IN MICHIGAN AND CERTAIN OTHER…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Achievement Tests, Admission Criteria, Adult Students
Michigan State Dept. of Public Instruction, Lansing. – 1965
DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GIVEN FOR A PROGRAM OF HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETION STUDIES FOR ADULTS AND TEENAGERS IN MICHIGAN. THE BACKGROUND AND THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF THE DROPOUT PROBLEM ARE REVIEWED, AND THE OPPORTUNITIES AND PROBLEMS (PRINCIPALLY ACCREDITATION AND FINANCIAL POLICY) PRESENTED BY EXISTING PROGRAMS IN MICHIGAN AND CERTAIN OTHER…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Achievement Tests, Admission Criteria, Adult Students
Shumer, Robert D. – 1993
In one attempt to deal with the dropout problems, faculty from the University of California (Los Angeles) have forged a partnership with the Los Angeles Unified School District and have turned existing high schools and continuation schools into community-based learning (CBL) programs. High school students in these programs attend field sites 2…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Case Studies, College School Cooperation
Burke, Penny Jane – 2002
This book about widening educational participation draws on an ethnographic study of 23 students returning to learning through access courses provided at their local further education college in suburban England. Chapter 1 explains how certain poststructural concepts (discourse, hegemony, deconstruction, and subjectivity) are used as analytical…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Continuation Students, Developed Nations
