Employment outcomes and social adjustment of 65 mildly handicapped students who exited high school in 1984 are examined. Most respondents (78 percent) were employed full time for minimum wage or better and used a family-friend network to secure employment. Most were also living at home and had positive perceptions of their social lives. (Author/PB)

Using event-history techniques and a modified status attainment model, finds that having a baby does not predict dropping out of high school and that first-time mothers who remain in school are as likely to graduate as other women. Among dropouts, however, a birth reduces chances of eventual graduation. (AF)

Now in its eighteenth year, an alternative public high school in New York City located on a college campus and aimed at potential dropouts and high-risk adolescents, Middle College has an exemplary retention rate and is being replicated across the country. (MSE)

Compares employment opportunities for graduates and dropouts of two types of education in the Netherlands, using an estimation model for labor market position (employed and underemployed) in the first years after leaving school. Completed inservice training does not offer more advantageous transition probabilities than full-time education in the…

Describes the Youth Opportunity Project, which was designed to allow youth to experience the world of work and hands-on learning in the framework of preventing substance abuse and school dropout. Six youths aged 12-14 worked on a small diversified farm. (RJC)

The success of Asian-American students has created a "model minority" stereotype of "grade grinds" geared to outperform their native-born peers. However, Asians are from diverse countries and economic backgrounds. Many experience problems with parent and teacher expectations, leave school early, or face hostility from other students and…

Born in rural Tennessee, 15-year-old Billy Charles Barnett is proficient enough at hunting and fishing to support himself by teaching his survivalist skills to others. His economic well-being is threatened by required school attendance. Given the impoverished state of American education, society would not necessarily benefit from a lower dropout…

Estimates a high school diploma's effect on success in the labor market, aside from the effects of prior characteristics (race, gender, socioeconomic background, and academic achievement). Differences in unemployment and wages between teenagers with and without high school diplomas are mainly not attributable to differences in measured prior…

Discusses the need for early intervention in the primary grades to avoid secondary school drop out, noting that most at risk-secondary students have major deficiencies in reading, writing, and listening, as well as low self-esteem. Reviews the effectiveness of the "Success in Reading and Writing Program" in meeting these needs. (NH)

The next wave of educational reform proposals is targeting the persistent dropout rate and the declining level of adult literacy. Evidence of an intergenerational link between these two issues suggests the need for new models of education, holistic analysis of educational disadvantage, and family and community interventions. (SK)

Two Baltimore, Maryland, institutions, Northwestern High School and Towson State University, formed a partnership to open university resources to the high school and to encourage teenagers to reconsider their opportunities. (MLF)

After installing a Computer Assisted Instruction system, officials in Escambia County, Florida, are decreasing the high dropout rate and giving at-risk students the skills to survive in the work world. (Author/TE)

The United Kingdom has a low, but rising, rate of postcompulsory participation in education. Reasons for this are suggested. Although market-led vocational training has provided for expansion, the current system lacks coherence. The paper concludes with some suggestions for reform. (Author/KDP)

After many years of focusing on providing black students with access to postsecondary education, attention is being refocused on retaining students through graduation. Critics say that enrollment rates, not commitment, dictate retention efforts and that such programs are isolated, not institutionwide efforts. Some institutions are sharing dropout…

Evaluates the use of hypermedia in a management training course for Executive Directors of Cities in Schools (CIS) drop-out prevention programs. The course was taught at the National Center for Partnership Development at Lehigh University's College of Education in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. (AEF)