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Fink, Mary, Ed. – Real Talk, 1994
This series of bilingual newsletters (English and Spanish) provides information to migrant youth who have dropped out of school. Newsletters describe the experiences of migrant youth who have obtained their General Educational Development (GED) certificate or have enrolled in vocational or college programs. Other topics treated in this volume…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Careers, Dropout Programs, Dropouts
Phelps, Margaret S.; And Others – 1994
This paper describes a K-12 intervention program for educationally at-risk youth in Jackson County, Tennessee. The LEarning VISIONS (LV) program involves teachers, administrators, parents, business leaders, and higher-education personnel in an effort to integrate a variety of long-term intervention strategies while respecting the rural context and…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Attendance, Counseling Services, County Programs
Des Moines Public Schools, IA. – 1991
The New Horizons Program provides supportive services such as counseling, attendance monitoring, career-related instruction, and work experience to dropout-prone students and their families in order to improve students' academic achievement and increase their graduation rate. Work experience, a major component of the program, helps students focus…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Career Education, Dropout Prevention
Kambouri, Maria; Toutounji, Inji; Francis, Hazel – 1996
A study investigated factors in the dropout and progression of students from 33 programs in English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) in England and Wales. Data were gathered in student and teacher surveys. Results indicate a high level of student movement to and from ESOL classes. In intensive courses, more students were graded and more came…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Adult Education, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate
National Center for Research in Vocational Education, Berkeley, CA. – 1992
This annotated but nonexhaustive resource list, describing 21 publications and 23 organizations, supports efforts funded through the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act of 1990 to improve the academic and economic outcomes of women and girls in vocational education. The listings are grouped under the following topics:…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Displaced Homemakers, Dropout Programs, Dropouts
Sallade, Ronald – 1993
The New Horizons Program of the Des Moines (Iowa) public schools provides supportive services such as counseling, attendance monitoring, career-related instruction, work experience, and coordination with community agencies to dropout-prone students and their families to improve academic achievement and increase graduation rates. Work experience is…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Education, Computer Uses in Education, Counseling
Blocker, Richard D. – 1989
This project, conducted under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act, Public Law 98-524, developed an inservice training model for secondary guidance staff on implementing vocational assessment techniques into a total guidance and counseling framework. The objective was to design a program for vocationally assessing high school students who…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Guidance, Career Planning
Fordyce, Hugh R. – 1991
This report addresses the problem of retaining and graduating college students, particularly black students, in 4-year college programs. Seven key ideas are suggested: (1) colleges granting admission to students who lack adequate preparation should offer appropriate developmental or remedial support to these students; (2) colleges should ensure…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Black Students, College Graduates, College Preparation
Bastenier, A.; And Others – 1986
This study looked at the overall situation of the immigrant population, and young immigrants in particular, and analyzed such problem areas as the transition from school to working life and the inadequacies of initial training with relation to the situation in Belgium, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, and the United Kingdom. National monographs for…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropouts, Education Work Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1990
This guide is intended to help educators develop, manage, and implement practices that have proven successful with children at risk. It contains the statutes and standards which direct Children At Risk programming in Wisconsin, program models, elements of successful programs, technical information about requirements and mandates, and steps to help…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Welfare, Childhood Needs, Curriculum Guides
Stern, David; And Others – 1986
The rationale for high school dropout reduction programs rests mainly on evidence that graduates are more successful than dropouts in the labor market. It is not evident, however, whether this difference is attributable to the diploma itself or to underlying characteristics that affect both graduation and labor market success. This paper estimates…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Dropout Programs, Dropouts, Education Work Relationship
Peck, Nancy L.; Eberhard, Raymond G. – The Practitioner, 1988
Dropout prevention is emerging as the most important new issue in education. Broad demographic trends predict a continuing growth in the population of at-risk youth, those most likely to drop out of school. The overall goal of any dropout prevention activity is to reduce the number of at-risk students. This issue is devoted to what research and…
Descriptors: Attendance, Change Strategies, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Freedman, Marc – 1988
This study examines the relationships developed between elder mentors and at-risk youth in the following exemplary intergenerational programs: (1) IUE/The Work Connection (Saugus, Massachusetts); (2) Teen Moms (Portland, Maine); (3) School Volunteers for Boston (Massachusetts); (4) Teenage Parent Alternative Program (Lincoln Park, Michigan); and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Counselor Client Relationship, Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation
Davis, Donna G. – 1989
This report investigates low academic achievement and high dropout rates among Hispanic female students in San Diego (California) City Schools. The study examines factors contributing to the academic success of high achieving Hispanic female students and looks at causes of lower achievement among other Hispanic females. It also identifies…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Bilingual Education, Dropout Rate
Arruza, Andrew; Daniel, Marcia – 1987
These materials are intended to help adult basic education (ABE) instructors in their role as counselors. Most are suitable for use in a workshop for ABE instructors. An introduction describes the ABE Retention through Counseling Program and highlights the skills an ABE instructor needs to work with adult learners. Chapter 1 provides pointers for…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Counseling, Adult Dropouts, Adult Educators
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