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Download full textStromquist, Nelly P. – 1981
Five Youth Employment and Demonstration Program Act (YEDPA) programs are compared with the Career Intern Program (CIP) (an alternative high school program aiming to prepare dropouts, and those likely to abandon school, for employment) in terms of emphasizing issues related to program implementation. The YEDPA programs selected for comparison upon…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Dropouts, Nontraditional Education, Program Administration
Connett, Jane; Swanson, Monty – 1979
The guide is designed to provide the building level administrator a step by step model for implementing Project DEEP's (Diversified Educational Experiences Program) alternative classroom management system for secondary academic classrooms with disaffected (attendance problems, discipline problems, potential dropouts), average, and gifted and…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Gifted
COOK, WALTER W.; AND OTHERS – 1963
THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DISCOVER THE PERSONALITY AND EXPERIENCE FACTORS WHICH DISTINGUISH STUDENTS WHO ARE SUCCESSFUL IN PROFESSIONAL TEACHER TRAINING COURSES AND ACTUALLY ENTER TEACHING, FROM THE PERSONALITY AND EXPERIENCE FACTORS OF STUDENTS WHO DROP OUT ALONG THE WAY. INFORMATION WAS GATHERED FROM ALL STUDENTS WHO ENTER THE JUNIOR…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Dropout Rate, Educational Background, Personality Assessment
BERMAN, MARK LAURENCE – 1967
THE AUTHOR REVIEWS HIS PREVIOUS RESEARCH INTO TECHNIQUES TO ATTRACT CULTURALLY-DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS BACK TO THE CLASSROOM AND TO MAINTAIN THEIR ATTENDANCE. A CONTINGENCY SYSTEM WAS DEVELOPED TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE, AND THE VARIABLES SPEED AND ACCURACY WERE INVESTIGATED. THIS IS PAPER NO. FOUR IN THE "VARIABLES INFLUENCING BEHAVIOR" PROJECT. (LH)
Descriptors: Adults, American Indians, Disadvantaged, Dropouts
BUNTROCK, KERMIT; HOWE, TREVOR G. – 1966
OF 224 DROPOUTS IDENTIFIED FROM PREVIOUS STUDIES OF 13,000 STUDENTS IN 109 HIGH SCHOOLS IN 16 IOWA COUNTIES, 102 STILL IN THE STATE WERE PERSONALLY INTERVIEWED TO IDENTIFY OCCUPATIONAL PROBLEMS AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING NEEDS FOR THE 10-YEAR PERIOD FOLLOWING WITHDRAWAL FROM SCHOOL. NEARLY ALL OF THE DROPOUTS WERE MARRIED AND HAD CHILDREN, WERE FROM…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Educational Needs, Employment Experience, High Schools
FINLEY, OTIS – 1963
BECAUSE THE PROBLEMS OF EDUCATING SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN EXTEND FAR BEYOND CLASSROOM WALLS, GUIDANCE COUNSELORS MUST CONSIDER THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND POLITICAL FACTORS WHICH AFFECT THE LIVES OF THESE CHILDREN. IN GUIDING THE NEGRO CHILD, FOR EXAMPLE, THE COUNSELOR SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT PROBLEMS WHICH THIS CHILD'S…
Descriptors: Blacks, Community Involvement, Community Organizations, Community Resources
BEECHER; DI PASQUALE – 1962
AN ORIENTATION PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED TO ASSIST PUPILS IN DEVELOPING ATTITUDES, SKILLS, HABITS, AND UNDERSTANDING IN WORK EXPERIENCE, AND TO PROVIDE ACTUAL JOB EXPERIENCE. OBJECTIVES WERE TO OFFER A PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS 15 YEARS OF AGE WHO HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED AS POTENTIAL EARLY SCHOOL LEAVERS. SOME OF THE EXPECTED OUTCOMES WERE ESTABLISHMENT OF A…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Employment Programs, Interests, Job Training
SYNDERMAN, GEORGE S.; AND OTHERS – 1964
THE JEWISH EMPLOYMENT AND VOCATIONAL SERVICE (JEVS), A NONSECTARIAN, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, CONDUCTED TWO PROJECTS WITH THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE AND THE PHILADELPHIA COUNCIL FOR COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT. THE FIRST PROJECT DEALT WITH 79 TEENAGERS CONSIDERED TO BE HOSTILE, AGGRESSIVE, DEFIANT AND UNMOTIVATED. EACH STUDENT WAS…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Programs, Employment Programs, Improvement Programs
KLING, MARTIN – 1966
IN AN ADDRESS THE AUTHOR DESCRIBED A STUDY OF THE GAINS IN READING, ARITHMETIC, AND LANGUAGE OVER A 3-MONTH PERIOD MADE BY JOB CORPS ENROLLEES AT CAMP KILMER. THESE ENROLLEES WERE BETWEEN 16 AND 21 YEARS OLD, CITIZENS OR PERMANENT RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, SCHOOL DROPOUTS FOR 3 MONTHS OR MORE, UNABLE TO HOLD AN ADEQUATE JOB, UNDERPRIVILEGED…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Disadvantaged
HARRIS, ROBERT; MUELLER, THEODORE – 1966
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PROGRAMED LEARNING IN AN AUDIOLINGUAL FRENCH COURSE WAS INVESTIGATED. THE EXPERIMENT INTENDED TO DETERMINE WHETHER A SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL COURSE WAS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A COURSE TAUGHT UNDER TRADITIONAL CLASSROOM CONDITIONS, WHETHER THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS DROPPING OUT COULD BE REDUCED SIGNIFICANTLY, AND WHETHER STUDENT…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, College Language Programs, Dropout Rate, French
FELDMAN, LLOYD; PEENEY, MICHAEL R. – 1963
REVIEWED ARE THE ECONOMIC NEEDS AND STATUS OF NONCOLLEGE BOUND YOUTH WHO NEED SPECIAL TRAINING BECAUSE OF LOW INCOME, RACE, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HANDICAPS, JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, YOUNG MARRIAGE, IMCOMPLETE EDUCATION, OR RURAL OR MIGRANT BACKGROUND. TWO TABLES INDICATE--(1) THE REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE LABOR FORCE AGED 14-19, PROJECTED TO 1970,…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Dropouts, Labor Force, Migrant Youth
ARMSTRONG, CHARLES M.; WHITNEY, GEORGE S. – 1966
TENTATIVE DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURES, DATA COLLECTION INSTRUMENTS, AND APPROPRIATE INTERVIEW FORMS THAT HAD BEEN DEVELOPED FOR USE IN A LATER SURVEY OF POST-SECONDARY TECHNICAL INSTITUTIONS WERE TRIED OUT IN FIVE REPRESENTATIVE SCHOOLS. THE FOLLOWUP STUDY WAS PLANNED TO BE A LARGE-SCALE INVESTIGATION OF STUDENT-SELECTION PRACTICES, ADMISSION…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Dropout Characteristics, Evaluation Methods
LOVE, RUTH B. – 1966
THE EDUCATIONAL CHALLENGE IN AMERICA'S CHANGING SOCIETY IS TO BRING EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO ALL. SCHOOL COUNSELORS MUST EXPAND AND STRENGTHEN THE SERVICES THEY OFFER. THE COMMON DENOMINATOR AMONG SO-CALLED "DISADVANTAGED" GROUPS IS POVERTY, AND EDUCATORS MUST UNDERSTAND BOTH THE PROBLEMS AND THE POSITIVE QUALITIES OF THE…
Descriptors: Counseling, Counseling Services, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
BECHTEL, LELAND PETERMAN – 1965
A CONCEPT OF A TENSION SYSTEM IN A WORKING-MEMORY PLAN WAS STUDIED TO IMPLEMENT A COUNSELING APPROACH EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING THE RATE OF HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS. COLLEGE FRESHMEN AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS (178) WERE EQUALLY DIVIDED BETWEEN EXPERIMENTAL AND CONTROL GROUPS EQUATED ON AGE, CLASS, SEX, AND INTELLIGENCE. ALL SUBJECTS WERE INDIVIDUALLY…
Descriptors: College Students, Counseling, Dropout Prevention, High School Students
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of School Planning. – 1980
Intending to provide school administrators with technical information to assist in preparing student enrollment projections and techniques in analyzing projections, this paper explores the state of the art, major factors affecting school populations, and the Cohort Survival Ratio Method. The authors caution that there are no absolutely reliable…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Declining Enrollment, Dropout Rate, Educational Planning
