Examined relationship between baseline adherence and attrition among families involved in a children's weight-loss program. Evaluated overall baseline adherence by the degree of families' completion of food intake and activity records. Anything but high adherence during baseline was predictive of dropout, suggesting that this is a useful index for…

The dropout problem is growing at an alarming rate. In California educational clinics are being experimentally developed for use with dropout students. Describes the educational clinic planned for Grant Joint Union High School District. (MD)

Describes a dropout prevention program used for eight years in Joliet Township, Illinois, high schools. (MD)

A four-year follow-up study of underachieving college freshmen measured changes in the self-concept of those still in college and those who had dropped out. Significant differences generally favored college seniors. Findings also indicate that dropping out of college may be a positive experience. (Author)

This report examines early school leaving in Australia. It draws in the most recent and extensive set of national data in early school leavers. It focuses on students who leave school before the beginning of Year 11 using a national representative longitudinal survey of Australian youth who were in Year 9 in 1995. The first part of the…

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)