The college persistence of 1980 high school graduates and their subsequent attainment of bachelor's degrees are described with data taken from the Postsecondary Longitudinal Studies Program of the National Center for Education Statistics. Using the group of High School and Beyond 1980 graduates as a base, the persistence track transitions are…

Research reports and program descriptions for serving at-risk youth are summarized in this document. For each report or description, a one-page summary is provided. Six summaries are provided on the topic of meeting/recognizing diversity in today's students; eight summaries on the topic of keeping students in school; four summaries on the topic of…

This paper describes and evaluates Grand Academy, an alternative junior high school set up in New York City by a local district and a nonprofit community-based organization to meet the needs of students who have twice failed to meet Board of Education promotioal standards in the seventh grade. The instructional program, provided by the school…

This paper provides school district administrators with a structured method for developing school programs aimed at reducing the risk of adolescent dropout. The methodology encompasses problem definition, fact finding, mission management, overcoming inertia, cohering programs tied to theory, feasible goal-setting, and normative personnel…

The data presented in this report on the Detroit Public School System (DPS) are used to discover which issues, trends, and implications are expected to affect DPS through 1990. The report is divided into an external analysis, internal analysis, and key stakeholders report. In the external analysis, an environmental scan of the economic, social,…

The Youth Leadership Program (YLP) has been in operation in schools throughout Albuquerque and the State of New Mexico for four years. Students selected for the program represented two groups: high risk, or negative, leaders; and positive leaders. The program established situations in which pupils from both groups could work together in individual…

This report presents statements, letters and supplementary material submitted in favor of a bill renewing funding for Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act. Testimony describes how successful the program has been and suggests how the bill can be changed and the Chapter 1 program improved. Among suggestions made are the…

During the 1984-1985 school year, a pilot dropout outreach program was instituted by the Los Angeles (California) Unified School District's Division of Adult and Occupational Education in cooperation with the senior high schools division. Dropouts from the 1983-1984 school year were identified and were sent personal letters inviting them to return…

The National Education Association's "Operation Rescue" employs a two-tiered approach to combating the dropout rate: the first approach is research and information sharing, the second is to facilitate direct action at the local level through a grants program to fund dropout prevention programs in the schools. In order to focus Operation…

This report is the fourth in a series pertaining to student attendance in the Cleveland (Ohio) Public Schools. It focuses primarily on 1985-86 school data and addresses district needs for development of conventional and non-conventional approaches to improvement of student attendance. The report begins with a literature review that describes…

The Teenage Parent Center of the Single Parent Assistance, Counseling and Education Project was developed to support, guide, and direct adolescent mothers, pregnant teenagers, and teens at risk of becoming parents through successful completion of a high school diploma or school year in a vocational setting in Middlesex County, New Jersey. The…

A study examined the effect on grades and dropout rates of students' videotaping their first speech in a basic speech course. Subjects, 224 students at a northwest college, were tested for communication and for speech apprehension using McCroskey's Personal Report of Communication Apprehension. All students were offered an opportunity to videotape…

This essay examines characteristics of high risk students, institutional problems related to their presence in schools, and various solutions to these problems that have been implemented at the secondary, junior college, and collegiate levels. Areas discussed in which high risk students may differ from other students include cognitive ability,…

A study was conducted at Kirkwood Community College (KCC) to determine whether three groups of "high risk" students had a higher rate of attrition than the general student population. The study sought to test whether the three groups identified from an earlier study as being "high risk" in terms of attrition (i.e., students who…

Procedures for operating undergraduate minority engineering programs (MEPs) are provided in this handbook. The findings and suggestions presented are based on the experiences of MEP directors who have managed support programs, which focus on improving the retention of minority students within engineering. The titles and authors of the handbook's…