Describes a special laboratory program at Eastern Kentucky University for flunkouts." (HS)

A case study of the failure of alternative" schools designed to reclaim dropouts. (JF)

Discusses a collaboration between the business sector and the public schools in the educational process. (SB)

Education has been provided for the training of novices and the advancement of experienced workers on board ships by the Seafarer's Union. Through this program seamanship students can obtain a high school diploma by passing a special form of equivalency test. (RB)

Because of lack of funds and the failure of the mass literacy campaign, the government of Indonesia has concentrated on the consolidation of literacy by organizing reading groups of neo-literates. Reading materials are obtained from all technical departments concerned with rural development. (EB)

The rate of 69 percent failure in 1967 to approximately 18 percent 2-years later relates to the independence and objectivity of the examination system. (IR)

Discusses the need for involving industrial arts and all of education if we are to make a significant impact on the lives of youth and manpower development in America. This speech was presented at the 1970 convention of the American Association of School Administrators, Atlantic City, New Jersey. (GR)

Through the life history of a 20-year-old dropout living on the fringes of society, this article points out the lack of systematic, educational efforts to support or influence young people once they are out of school. (GC)

Juvenile delinquency is a widespread, costly social problem that can be prevented and controlled. The single most important contributor to delinquency is the school. By changing the educational structure and programs, schools can implement a socialization process that will have major impact on the control and prevention of delinquency. (JOW)

An Alternative Education Program is discussed which uses existing educational personnel and funds to provide determined and persistent identification and intervention for potentially delinquent, nonachieving students in junior high school. Counselor interest and trust are stressed in working with students. Program development, criteria, and…

Literature on truancy shows strong relationship between school attendance problems and eventual withdrawal from school. On the basis of the assumption that the truant youth is a "potential dropout" and in view of limited literature on truants alone, truants and dropouts are considered to have similar attributes in this review. (Author)

There was no direct relationship between patients' dependency scores and the number of sessions in psychotherapy and between patients' ego-strength and attendance in psychotherapy. A statistically inverse relationship existed between dependency and ego-strength scores. (Author)

What started as a summer arts and crafts program in the predominantly Mexican-American lower west side of St. Paul, Minnesota, has developed into a "dropouts" school accepted into the public school system. The small school emphasizes strictness, caring, basic skills, and student responsibility. (SJL)