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Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1993
Since 1980, at least 8 states and more than 200 localities have developed programs that deliver a variety of health, social, and education services at or near schools. Many of the students served by these programs are at risk of failing in school or dropping out. These comprehensive school-linked programs are attempting to improve the educational…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Dropout Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Programs
Nurss, Joanne R.; Singh, Ravinder – 1993
A study investigated the low rates of attendance and retention that had beset Atlanta's Family Literacy Program since its inception. To establish a meaningful dialog with participants, a qualitative interview approach was used. The sample was composed of current students, dropouts from Years 1 and 2, and graduates of Year 1. One-third of the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Attendance Patterns, Dropout Rate, Failure
Rozema, Hazel; Weldy, Eric – 1993
A study examined the kinds of skills that minority students felt prepared them for college and helped them to succeed. All 80 minority students enrolled at Illinois' Millikin University (enrollment, 1,800 students) were interviewed for 20 to 30 minutes each. Results indicated that: (1) students reported that English composition/writing classes,…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Dropout Prevention, Higher Education, Interpersonal Communication
Stowitschek, Joseph J.; And Others – 1990
This paper describes a data-based screening tool for identifying at-risk students. It is intended to complement referral and other qualitative means of identification. The Computerized Risk Index Screening Program (CRISP) is an application of a commonly available data management program that: (1) provides a school-based screening system; (2) can…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Database Management Systems, Educational Diagnosis
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1992
On September 30, 1991, the House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families convened to celebrate National Children's Day and hear the testimony of youth ambassadors, teachers, and congressional representatives. This record of the congressional hearing includes the spoken and prepared statements of Representatives Patricia Schroeder, Joseph…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Dropout Prevention, Hearings, High Risk Students
Stout, Betty; And Others – 1990
Texas ranks among the top 10 states for school dropouts with an annual dropout rate of about 30%. Some dropout prevention programs are incorporating community service components as a means to counter the alienation and low self-esteem frequently seen among dropouts and at-risk students. Significant adults other than school personnel provide youth…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, High Risk Students, Intergenerational Programs, Older Adults
Diem, Richard A. – 1991
This paper describes a study of at-risk secondary school students and the outcomes of the school-based interventions they were involved with. Information was gathered from 28 Black, Hispanic, and White students through field notes and audio recordings. The students came from homes with a low-average educational attainment and themselves had…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Counseling Services, Disadvantaged Environment, Dropout Prevention
Waggoner, Dorothy – 1986
Volume 1, the first of eight publications developed by the Intercultural Development Research Association as part of the "Texas School Dropout Survey Project," looks at the magnitude of the school dropout problem in Texas. It presents data on dropouts, dropout distribution and rates by type and size of place, dropout trends nationally,…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Cultural Differences, Dropouts, Employment Potential
Rodney, Elaine – 1981
The validity of students' first-quarter academic performance in predicting attrition at Central State University, Ohio, was investigated. It was hypothesized that freshmen who performed satisfactorily during the first quarter were more likely to complete their baccalaureate programs than were those who performed less well. Data on 287 students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, Dropout Research
Moilanen, Carolyn – 1983
Eight alternative educational programs that are part of the Portland, Oregon, Public School District are reviewed in this report. Responses from principals and program coordinators at each school to a comprehensive questionnaire provide information concerning staffing, student characteristics, facilities, course offerings, expenditure per student,…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education
Attinasi, Louis C., Jr.; Richardson, Richard C., Jr. – 1983
The process by which the student formulates conceptions of the university and the impact of this process on the decision to persist at the university were studied with first-time Mexican American college freshmen. A multiple-subject research design--a modified analytic induction technique--was employed in order to develop a descriptive model.…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Environment, College Freshmen, Dropouts
McBeath, Marcia; And Others – 1983
These symposium papers describe the Fresh Start Minischool, a high school dropout prevention program in Washington, DC. The first paper, by Marcia McBeath, describes the program participants and the quantitative results of a 3-year study of the program. Data are presented on selection procedures, yearly group compositions, measures of self-esteem,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Counseling Techniques, Dropout Prevention, High School Students
Bennet, Nicholas – Literacy Discussion, 1975
A new system of education designed to solve problems facing rural areas in developing countries is needed. Guidelines for the rural development functional literacy systems for Upper Volta, Tanzania, China, Cuba, and Thailand are described. (BP)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Dropouts, Educational Change, Educational Needs
Spero, Ellen; And Others – 1988
This paper reviews the literature which examines school policies currently guiding educational practice in the area of student substance abuse and discusses the relationship between special education and substance-using and substance-abusing students. Reviewed are: (1) definitions of substance abuse, which vary with the conceptualization of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Alcoholism, Court Litigation
Lang, Susan; Teifel, Phyllis – 1989
Operation Success is an innovative approach to dealing with potential dropout/high-risk students. The program operates out of the Center for Arts and Technology-Pickering Campus in Northern Chester County, Pennsylvania. The campus offers the students a full-day program, half academic, half vocational. The building of self-esteem and…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention, Educationally Disadvantaged
