Examines factors contributing to adult student stress and subject anxiety. Ways in which adult educators can help students overcome this barrier are suggested. Describes results of a Subject Anxiety Inventory administered to 875 adults between the ages of 17 and 72 enrolled at two community colleges and two university campuses. (CT)

The history and status of research on college student attrition are reviewed, and research design and measurement deficiencies that have reduced the accuracy or usefulness of results or hindered appropriate policy formation are discussed. (MSE)

Hypothesized that schools may not want to take back students who had once dropped out of school. Investigated schools' response to dropouts trying to return. Results indicated that schools were more likely to accept the child who is represented by the parent, and that schools reacted more favorably to the parent. (Author/ABB)

Comments on a recent study (Rodolfa, Rapaport, and Lee, 1983) investigating variables related to premature therapy termination. Suggests that the lack of connectedness to prior research may have limited results. (JAC)

Examined the relationship between selected independent variables and graduation from college five years after students (N=1,943) first matriculated. Results showed that the variables accounted for less than six percent of the variability in the graduate/nongraduate criterion with high school rank being the best individual predictor. (Author/LLL)

Suggests three priorities and four goals for education. Priorities: literacy, basic mathematics, and citizenship education. Goals: high school graduates will have four years of English and three years of math, science, and social studies; graduates will surpass SAT/ACT scores of 1965; dropout rate will decrease; and entry-level teachers' salaries…

A project to improve Pan American's recruitment efforts in student markets already being served, rather than seeking new markets, is described. The project had two target groups: students accepted but not enrolled, and students who had left the university in good academic standing before graduating. Favorable results were achieved at low cost.…

Describes the Youth Training Scheme that will give all young people under the age of 18 the opportunity to acquire a job-related skill. The program will include assessment, basic skills, occupational training, counseling, and progress review. (JOW)

This article, the sixth installment in Environment's "Looking Back" series, traces the woes of America's industrialized cities to the movement that developed cities primarily as centers for industrial enterprise rather than as places for people to live. Today's social ills, from pollution to poverty, developed from that movement. (BT)

Data from the "National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997" are used to examine the association between the CTE-to-academic-coursetaking ratio and the likelihood of dropping out. Descriptive statistics are presented for 1,628 individuals born in 1980. Transcript and survey data are then used in estimating nonproportional hazards models…

This issue brief examines the educational outcomes of students who were classified as high school dropouts 8 years after most of their 1988 cohort of 8th graders would have completed high school. Some students who drop out return a short time later to earn a diploma, some may pursue an alternative credential such as a General Educational…

This report presents final school completion outcome data on class of 1998 students in New York City public schools as of June 2001, noting separate outcomes for the 1998 special education class. The overall class of 1998 graduation rate was 69.5 percent. Approximately half of the students who continued their education beyond 4 years of high…

This manual is designed as a technical resource to explain the accountability system used by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to evaluate the performance of public school districts and campuses. The system integrates district accreditation status; campus ratings; district and campus recognition for high performance and performance improvement; and…

In 1997, the Wake County Public Schools, North Carolina, began a 3-year community-wide collaboration between existing programs and agencies expressly intended to coordinate efforts to serve at-risk children and their families. The Safe Schools Healthy Students grant program was built on 17 strategies aimed at addressing risk. Strategy 17 called…

This report presents basic data about Latino students in the public schools of Massachusetts. Recent population data on Latino youth and public school enrollment are presented, highlighting the areas of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts where Latinos are densely concentrated. The report then considers the achievement of Latino students in the…