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Download full textMAGISOS, JOEL – 1966
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY WERE TO DETERMINE THE OCCUPATIONAL STATUS OF FORMER STUDENTS, THE EXTENT TO WHICH THEIR EMPLOYMENT WAS RELATED TO TRAINING IN VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE, THE EFFECT OF ENROLLMENT TENURE ON EVENTUAL EMPLOYMENT, AND THE EMPLOYMENT RATE. THE SAMPLE FROM 12 SCHOOLS INCLUDED 794 FORMER STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED OR DROPPED OUT OF…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Dropouts, Farmers, Graduate Surveys
Tinbergen, Jan; And Others – 1965
This report contains five papers which describe mathematical models of the educational system as it relates to economic growth. Experimental applications of the models to particular educational systems are discussed. Three papers, by L. J. Emmerij, J. Blum, and G. Williams, discuss planning models for the calculation of educational requirements…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Education, Dropouts, Economic Development
Rutledge, Aaron L.; Gass, Gertrude Zemon – 1967
In 1963, 19 unemployed Negro men entered a one-year program sponsored by the Office of Manpower, Automation and Training at Sinai Hospital, Detroit to learn practical nursing. Simultaneously a demonstration project to identify trainee and teaching staff problems and their possible solutions was carried out by two psychologists who provided…
Descriptors: Blacks, Culture Conflict, Disadvantaged, Dropout Prevention
Peterson, Neil D. – 1967
Twenty-five sophomore students recommended by their school principal or counselor participated in a pilot educational program designed to be appropriate to the interests and needs of potential high school male dropouts. Test scores, inventories, student records, office files, and employment analyses of the participants were examined to determine…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, High Schools, Pilot Projects, Potential Dropouts
New Jersey Office of Economic Opportunity, Trenton. – 1966
A Rural Youth Development Program was organized in 1965 as an agency under the New Jersey Office of Economic Opportunity to provide counseling, education, vocational training, and job placement for approximately 600 disadvantaged New Jersey rural youth. The first of two phases was designed to provide 450 young men, ages 16 through 21, with short…
Descriptors: Counseling, Dropout Programs, History, Job Placement
Welsh, William A.; Wilson, Fred L. – 1976
Presented are three reports exploring student attrition at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID). The first report contains profile data on 302 students entering NTID in 1976 and attending the Summer Vestibule Program. Profile data given include both demographics (such as age, sex, race, parent data, and marital status) and…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Deafness, Demography, Dropout Research
La Sala, Vincent J; Picarelli, Henry E. – 1975
Known also as the Summer Minimal Achiever Rehabilitation Training Program (SMART), the Nassau County work-experience program was designed to motivate minimal achieving students toward more positively directed goals. Of the more than 300 students referred to the program, 142 were accepted as enrollees. Program objectives were: (1) to provide…
Descriptors: Career Development, Counseling, Potential Dropouts, Records (Forms)
Vest, Thomas J.; Spino, William D. – 1975
This paper discusses the student attrition rate, particularily that of freshmen, in economic terms--loss of students means loss of revenue (tuition) and maintains that, with proper planning colleges could retain an additional 10 percent of freshmen students who drop out. The authors contend that many college freshmen are confused by an…
Descriptors: College Attendance, Counseling Services, Dropout Prevention, Educational Counseling
Galant, Richard, Comp.; Moncrieff, Nancy J., Comp. – 1974
This second updated search reviews 42 documents that cover attempts by several school systems to provide medical, psychological, and educational support for this population group in order to prevent their dropping out of school. (CJ)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Counseling Services, Dropout Prevention, Pregnant Students
Smith, Genevieve D. – 1973
The document reports on a cooperative effort of Greeneville City and Greene County (Tennessee) Schools to develop a comprehensive career education program for grades 7-12, titled School Program Advancing Career Education (SPACE). The document opens with SPACE's rationale, targeted toward the creation of curriculum and instruction to meet the needs…
Descriptors: Career Education, Dropout Prevention, Educational Programs, Inservice Teacher Education
Greaves, Fred – 1974
The Federal Racial/Ethnic Surveys of the Salinas Union High School District were examined to identify changes in ethnic proportions within a particular class from its entry in the 9th grade until the 12th grade. The 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grade proportional distributions are reported by school (Alisal High School, North Salinas High School, and…
Descriptors: Class Size, Dropout Rate, Enrollment Trends, Ethnic Distribution
Holcomb, Beverly J. – 1969
This annotated bibliography presents a collection of readings which should be of interest to persons charged with the responsibility of planning programs dealing with the education, counseling, and socialization of the socioeconomically disadvantaged. Taken from various sources, this collection contains: (1) current readings, (2) a listing of…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Bibliographies, Disadvantaged
Fort, Joel – 1968
The subject of youth in America lacks definition and young people are often given stereotyped labels. The reaction of others is frequently to the implied stereotype, rather than to young human beings. The life styles of youth involve questioning the Establishment and its goals, seeking to define the good life and working to create a better…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Dropouts, Drug Abuse
Macomb County Community Coll., Warren, MI. – 1968
The majority of students entering Macomb County Community College enroll in the liberal arts curriculum with the intention of earning college credits and transferring to a 4-year institution. But many of these freshmen are "latent terminal" students with poor to average high school grades and low SCAT or ACT scores who fail in their chosen…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Community Colleges, Course Objectives, Experimental Curriculum
Northern Arizona Univ., Flagstaff. – 1969
A record keeping system for adult basic education using automatic data processing was designed and operated for one year by the Arizona Research Coordinating Unit of Northern Arizona University. During the year, there were 3,163 students enrolled in 160 classes in 19 projects. Females outnumbered males by nearly two to one but male enrollment…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Dropouts, Curriculum
