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Download full textKennedy, Robert L.; And Others – 1989
This study investigated school district size, the consolidation of small school districts to make larger ones, and the linear relationships of school district size to expense per average daily attendance (ADA), basic and composite scores on the MAT6 standard achievement test, and secondary school dropout rate. Correlational analysis revealed that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Consolidated Schools, Cost Effectiveness
Cleveland Public Schools, OH. – 1987
The Cleveland Initiative for Education (CIE) is a plan designed by the Greater Cleveland (Ohio) Roundtable, the city's key assembly of civic and corporate leaders, and the Cleveland Public Schools. Its goal is to improve the quality of education, increase the number of high school graduates, and improve graduates' post-secondary opportunities…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Disadvantaged, Dropout Prevention, Education Work Relationship
Baty, Tom; Inocelda, Dominic – 1987
A project was undertaken to provide an educational support program for adult basic education (ABE) classes by using educational outreach workers to help immigrant and other local residents in Hawaii acquire basic skills. The project goals were to (1) identify and recruit at least 250 adults in need of ABE; (2) develop an outreach strategy to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Dropout Prevention
Bossone, Richard M., Ed.; Polishook, Irwin H., Ed. – 1988
These proceedings from a conference on restructuring the schools present a variety of perspectives for instituting educational change. Consideration of the theme allowed a review of the failures of educational reform, and a survey of current trends. There was a call for less rhetoric and more attention to comprehensive insights and plans that will…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Curriculum, Dropout Prevention, Educational Change
Donnelly, Margarita – 1987
Higher standards in public schools have made it necessary for educational reformers to identify at-risk students and to develop effective programs for preventing their failure. This pamphlet begins by delineating the characteristics of at-risk students and discussing evaluation instruments that are useful for identifying such students. Successful…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Academic Standards, Disadvantaged, Dropouts
Holloway, Jerry; Moke, Paul – 1986
Wilmington College (Ohio) conducted a study to determine if receiving college training during incarceration enhances offenders' post-release behavior. Three hundred residents of Lebanon Correctional Institution in Ohio, a medium-security prison for adults under 30, were studied. Of the group, 95 received associates degrees while in prison. These…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, College Graduates, Correctional Education, Correctional Rehabilitation
Hess, Fred – 1987
Several years ago, a coalition of Chicago civic groups met to determine the scope of the urban dropout problem and develop strategies for dealing with it. The resulting research program rejected both attrition and survey analysis approaches in favor of direct examination of all student records for three graduating classes (1982, 1983, and 1984)…
Descriptors: Dropout Research, Educational Improvement, Elementary Education, Ethnography
ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges, Los Angeles, CA. – 1984
As the entering-college population dwindles and competition to attract this population increases among colleges, student retention has become a primary concern for community colleges. Assessing the extent of the dropout problem is particularly problematic for community colleges, as they are institutions geared to the facilitation of ease of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Dropouts, Institutional Research, Research Needs
Bossone, Richard M., Ed.; Polishook, Irwin H., Ed. – 1986
The eleven papers presented at a 1985 conference on school-to-work transition are collected in this volume. The papers focus on school-business partnerships, school programs, and community projects. Their titles (and authors) are: (1) "Investing in Our Children: Business and the Public Schools" (Sol Hurwitz); (2) "From School to…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Education, Dropouts, Education Work Relationship
Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington, DC. – 1987
America has not attained its goal of a fully literate and educated population. In order to assure high school graduation for all students, states must undertake new initiatives to reach the one out of four youth who does not graduate. Substantial changes in education policy and in school practice are necessary to accomplish this objective. These…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1987
The testimony presented in this document focuses on the severe unemployment crisis among disadvantaged youth. Despite several nationwide youth employment programs the problem is increasing. As these young people continue to go without jobs they lose self-esteem and become victims of the street. A broad spectrum of witnesses testified before this…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. Office of Institutional Research and Analysis. – 1980
In April 1980, Vocational Education Data System representatives at each of the seven community colleges in Hawaii surveyed students who, during 1978-79, graduated from vocational education programs or left these programs prior to graduation. Questionnaires were mailed to 6,629 former students, requesting information on current educational and/or…
Descriptors: College Graduates, College Transfer Students, Dropouts, Education Work Relationship
Ratcliff, Sandra – 1983
Ideally, the total adult basic education (ABE) staff--administrators, support staff, and instructors--promote recruitment and retention activities. To aid recruitment the total staff should become well known in the community and work closely with community groups, provide tours and an open house, offer student orientation, recruit honestly and…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs
Hollins, Carol S. – 1984
John Tyler Community College (JTCC) conducts a regular investigation of students who leave the institution after one or more quarters of study in an effort to determine reasons for their withdrawal, objective for enrolling, goal achievement, and current occupational status and future educational goals. A systematic random sample of all…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Community Colleges, Dropouts, Enrollment Influences
Cavanaugh, John – Education Journal of the Institute for the Development of Indian Law, 1973
Descriptors: Adults, American Indians, Boarding Schools, Dropouts
