This study looked at attitudes toward "school leavers," young people aged 15 to 19 who left school after August, 1975, to enter the workforce and who have never studied full time for an extended period at a postsecondary institution. Data were collected through interviews with employers in Western Australia. As well as uncovering a…

This bibliography of over 170 items on proprietary postsecondary education contains 10 sections: accreditation, adult and vocational education, general bibliographies, books and articles, dissertations and theses, encyclopedias, government reports, nontraditional education, research studies, and miscellaneous. The miscellaneous category contains…

Differences in self-descriptive patterns of adults who dropped out of high school completion courses and those who completed their courses were examined using the Adjective Check List (ACL) to measure adult personality attributes. Subjects (N=142) were asked to endorse those adjectives which best described themselves and to skip those which did…

Grade reports supplied by California State University at Los Angeles (CSULA) for the 1978-79 academic year were used to assess the academic performance of the 503 Los Angeles City College (LACC) students who transferred to CSULA in Fall 1978, Winter 1979, Spring 1979, and Summer 1979. These data indicate that 23% of the transfer students failed to…

Course completion rates, as measures of college performance and student success, have been computed at Prince George's Community College for the past 11 years. An analysis of Fall 1979 grades revealed that the college-wide course completion rate was 72%. While the Health Technology and Physical Education divisions continued to have higher course…

The coupling behavior of school systems was examined in this study of how school districts attempt to control and supervise alternative programs. Four alternative high schools for actual and potential dropouts, run by community-based organizations but dependent on local education agencies (LEAs) for student referral and program accreditation, were…

RURAL YOUTH ARE CONFRONTED WITH THE SERIOUS PARADOX OF OPPORTUNITY AND FRUSTRATION. OPPORTUNITIES ARE PLENTIFUL FOR THOSE WHO POSSESS SKILLS AND ABILITIES NECESSARY FOR COMPETING IN OUR TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED SOCIETY, BUT LIMITED FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNABLE TO COMPETE IN OUR SOCIETY EITHER IN JOB COMPETITION OR IN SOCIAL PROCESSES. THE…

THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS (NAM) HELD FOUR TYPING LABORATORIES IN 1965 AND 1966 AT NAM HEADQUARTERS (NEW YORK CITY), COLLEGE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (INDIANAPOLIS), CHEMICAL BANK NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY (NEW YORK CITY), AND PACIFIC TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY (SAN FRANCISCO) TO DEVELOP A SYSTEM OF TRAINING TYPISTS WITHIN THE…

THIS SPEECH STATES THAT STUDIES INDICATE THAT DELINQUENCY IN RURAL AREAS TENDS TO BE LESS SERIOUS IN TERMS OF THE ACTS COMMITTED AND IS TREATED MORE LENIENTLY THAN IN METROPOLITAN AREAS. THE DELINQUENCY THAT DOES EXIST IS A MALE PROBLEM, OCCURS PREDOMINATELY AMONG YOUTH FROM LOWER-ECONOMIC-STATUS BACKGROUNDS, REFLECTS ALIENATION FROM COMMUNITY AND…

A COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED COMMUNITY EFFORT ON THE PART OF INTERESTED AND CAPABLE EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL AGENCIES OF PROVIDENCE WAS PROPOSED. CHANGES WERE SOUGHT IN EXISTING EDUCATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS AND REQUIREMENTS WHICH WOULD ASSIST PROBLEMS, SOCIAL PROBLEMS, CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED, PRIVATE WITH PROBLEMS OF BEHAVIOR, SCHOOL LEAVING,…

THIS ARTICLE REPORTED A 2- AND 3-YEAR FOLLOWUP STUDY OF 20 DELINQUENT MALE DROPOUTS, HALF OF WHOM RECEIVED 10 MONTHS OF A COMPREHENSIVE, VOCATIONALLY ORIENTED PSYCHOTHERAPY PROGRAM, HALF OF WHOM DID NOT. METROPOLITAN ACHIEVEMENT TESTS AND THEMATIC STORIES WERE USED IN ASSESSMENTS. A SHORT INTERVIEW OBTAINED DATA ON JOB HISTORY, LEGAL AND MARITAL…

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MODESTO JUNIOR COLLEGE'S MULTIOCCUPATIONAL TRAINING PROJECT AT NEW HOPE SCHOOL WAS EVALUATED ON THE BASIS OF SUBSEQUENT EMPLOYMENT OF TRAINEES. DATA ON THE CURRENT EMPLOYMENT STATUSES OF TRAINEES AND DROPOUTS, REASONS FOR BEING OUT OF THE LABOR FORCE, ANTICIPATED EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS AND EARNING POWER OF EMPLOYED…

Three county-wide coordinated cooporative programs in Pennsylvania were evaluated to determine their impact upon high youth unemployment and dropout rates, to obtain student and employer attitudes toward the program, and to ascertain bow well they meet their objectives. Current students (335), graduates (193), guidance counselors (25), and…

In 1978, there were almost 150,000 apprentices in the United States; 4 percent were women and 19 percent were members of minority groups. At the same time, there were more than two million union members in this country; 11 percent were women and 24 percent were members of minorities, according to the 1978 Equal Employment Opportunities Commission…

A SUMMER PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED AT COLGATE UNIVERSITY (1) TO MOTIVATE ADOLESCENT MALE DROPOUTS TOWARD EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AND (2) TO ENCOURAGE IN THEM MORE POSITIVE ATTITUDES TOWARD ART AND SOCIETY. THE PROGRAM CENTERED AROUND AN ART CLASS SINCE ART WAS AN AREA ABOUT WHICH STUDENTS HAD EXPERIENCED THE LEAST FRUSTRATION AND FAILURE. STUDENTS…