An examination of the probability of enrolling in postsecondary education, the likelihood of completing various types of credentials, and the effects of these credentials on wage rates, earnings, and other adult outcomes was conducted using data derived from the National Longitudinal Study of the Class of 1972. The followup survey in 1986…

The pro-active telephone-tutored delivery mode developed by the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology's Rural Library Training Project provides a model for increasing the completion rate of traditional correspondence courses, relieving the isolation factor associated with correspondence, and providing pacing while still allowing flexibility for…

Several major studies have identified student commuters as being at particularly high risk for attrition from higher educational institutions. This report reviews the knowledge that exists about students-as-commuters in depth. Among the implications for educational policy makers is the need for commuter institutions to provide opportunities to…

This paper summarizes reports of various Ohio committees and offices that have studied attendance and dropout problems and have developed strategies and recommendations for dealing with them. Those strategies and recommendations are provided along with the following: (1) a statement of the problem and its scope; (2) a list of roles and…

This document contains the National One to One Mentoring Partnership kit, designed to help users better understand what mentoring is and how they can support it in its many variations. The National One to One Mentoring Partnership is described as a new coalition mobilized to provide mentoring opportunities to youth, with the goal of giving every…

This guide discusses the educational requirements of economically disadvantaged at-risk students as reflected in the research literature and provides specific recommendations on how schools can be more effective in addressing their needs. Eight major research findings concerning low income students at risk of dropping out of school are discussed.…

A model is presented for creating a community college student typology for the purpose of defining successful and unsuccessful student outcomes for each typology segment. The need for such a typology is addressed, as well as a description given of the computer techniques used to gather the baseline data upon which the typology is based, and the…

The proceedings of a symposium on Hispanic educational issues, held in Texas in 1985, are collected in this pamphlet. A short preface, a list of participants, and transcriptions of brief welcoming remarks made by a number of officials are provided. Then, three conference papers are presented: (1) "For Whom the School Bell Tolls," by…

This report presents statistics on the high unemployment rate of Hispanic youth, examines reasons for it, evaluates Federal government response to the problem, and discusses policy implications. Minority youth bear a disproportionate burden of unemployment. Among the barriers to Hispanic youth's successful participation in the labor market are low…

Over the last 30 years, California has changed from a predominately white society, with small pockets of Mexican Americans and other minorities, to a society that is one-third ethnic minority. The State educational system has been unable to respond adequately to the needs of non-white students, especially those with poor or inadequate English…

A study was conducted to examine the persistence patterns of Mercer County Community College's (MCCC's) student enrollment for 1980 through 1985. Both full- and part-time entrants were tracked over six consecutive semesters to assess non-return rates, student movement across programs, and graduation rates. Study findings included the following:…

This paper uses a case history approach to present the evolution of two longitudinal studies, Youth in Transition, which involved 8 years of data collection (1966-1974) and Monitoring the Future, for which data collection began in 1975 and continues in the present. The Youth in Transition project is described as a study of the causes and…

Many researchers have investigated the factors that keep adults from participating in continuing education or "lifelong learning." Most of the studies have identified factors--previous educational experience, race, ethnic group, and others--that make adults less likely to be participants in schooling. However, the barriers may actually be more…

Seventeen research reports are arranged under several broad topics of mathematics education. Section 1 concerns language and mathematics learning, with one paper on word problems and one on concept formation. Papers on university level mathematics in Section 2 explore problem solving, characteristics of school leavers, some mathematical aspects of…

This report suggests ways in which educational and business leaders can work together to address the problems of a growing proportion of young people who are not making successful transitions from school to productive adult lives. Different types of at-risk students are identified, and factors behind their disconnection from school via dropping…