Describes how the staff and students of Ahmednagar College Center for Studies in Rural Development, Maharashtra, India, worked with the villagers of Pargaon to solve their irrigation problems. (JT)

The 3,750 non-completers of Colorado Vocational Education Programs are significant in that students not completing at least 50 percent of their program are less likely to obtain permanent related employment. This study addresses the question of why students have not completed their programs, from the students' and the counselors' points of view.…

THIS STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OFFERS OF FINANCIAL AID IN INCREASING COLLEGE ATTENDANCE OF TALENTED STUDENTS. SELECTION CRITERIA, BASED ON STANDING AS A NATIONAL MERIT PROGRAM FINALIST AND ON INABILITY TO ATTEND COLLEGE FOR FINANCIAL REASONS, YIELDED 1550 STUDENTS WHO SERVED AS SUBJECTS. QUESTIONNAIRES SENT TO THE…

THE PROGRAMS PRESENTED IN THIS PROPOSAL ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO CHILDREN WHOSE FAMILIES ARE STRUGGLING WITH PROBLEMS OF BASIC SURVIVAL AND CULTURAL CONFLICT. THE PROBLEMS OF LEARNING, RETARDATION, FAILURE, DROP-OUT, TRUANCY, DELINQUENCY AND PARENTAL INDIFFERENCE SHOULD BE DEALT WITH IF THESE CHILDREN ARE TO FIND A PLACE IN A SOCIETY…

PROGRAMS AND MATERIALS WILL BE DEVELOPED, FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CHOSEN AS POTENTIAL DROPOUTS, TO FOCUS ATTENTION ON SPECIFIC NEEDS. THE CLASSES WILL BE TAUGHT IN A NONSCHOOL SETTING BY A TEAM OF TEACHERS IN INDUSTRIAL ARTS, HOME ECONOMICS, SCIENCE, MATH, COMMUNICATIONS, READING, AND FINE ARTS. THE TEACHERS WILL COMBINE THESE AREAS INTO…

ATLANTA HAS MADE AN ATTEMPT TO GET AT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF NEGRO AND WHITE PUPILS IN A SEGREGATED SYSTEM BY USING AN OUTSIDE AGENCY TO ORGANIZE AND IMPLEMENT A COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY. THE WASHINGTON SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS COMPLETED 5 YEARS UNDER AN INTEGRATED ARRANGEMENT AND IS OFFERED AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT MAY HAPPEN TO SCHOLASTIC…

THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL BACKGROUND ON EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT WAS STUDIED. LARGE REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLES OF THE POPULATION WERE SELECTED. INFORMATION ON THE VARIABLES WAS OBTAINED FROM SURVEYS CONDUCTED BY THE BUREAU OF CENSUS. THE SURVEYS QUERIED ADULT MALES AND TEEN-AGE BOYS LIVING AT HOME WITH PARENTS. DATA WERE ALSO DRAWN FROM PUBLICATIONS.…

The relationship between freshmen college persistence and self-report variables and objective academic indices is investigated. Follow-up data on persistence or non-persistence was gathered one and one-half years later, allowing one semester for attrition. Results indicate male non-persisters came from relatively low socioeconomic status families…

The methods and objectives of the Neighborhood Youth Corps are described in anecdotal form. Brief case studies illustrate various facets of this federal work-study program. (NH)

Abstracts were prepared in conjunction with a research project designed to identify correlates of extent of educative activity of young men and women under age 25 who either dropped out from high school, or who graduated but who did not continue for any full time post high school education. The list is exceedingly selective in that it includes…

Data on selection criteria for admission to small (under 1000 students) junior colleges were examined. Questionnaires were sent to 375 small colleges, of whom 275 responded (139 public, 48 private, and 86 church-related). Nine criteria were used for admissions selection: (1) high school record, (2) other standard test scores, (3) principal's or…

Identified were characteristics of students who persisted in engineering, transferred to another major, or dropped out of college. Four hundred-thirty freshmen, sophomores, and juniors in the College of Engineering at the University of North Dakota were involved in the study during 1965-66. Data on students included American College Test scores,…

The report describes a project in which high-motivation language arts and math instruction was provided to decrease absenteeism, school failure and dropout rates for secondary handicapped students. It is explained that instruction was correlated with "visible kit" materials, including the Visible V8 Engine Kit, and that a document was prepared…

Student transients in San Diego Unified School District occur as transfers from outside the local district, transfers from within the local district, immigrants from other countries, and dropouts. The 22,000 transient students each year create problems related to: (1) internal organization, staffing, planning, and programs to minimize educational…

The object of the research reported in this paper is to prepare guidelines for methods for the more efficient education of adult students in Sweden engaged in planned programs leading to comprehensive, vocational or secondary school competence or to corresponding degrees of competence required for further vocational education. this first stage…