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Download full textSan Diego City Schools, CA. – 1988
The San Diego City Schools (California) has received nearly $500,000 in federal funds to replicate and evaluate the following successful dropout prevention programs: (1) Motivation and Maintenance (M and M); (2) Partnership Academy; and (3) Summer Training and Education Program (STEP). The M and M program is designed to provide a case management…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Development, Cooperative Programs, Daily Living Skills
Chamberlain, Ed – 1988
The 1987-88 Home-School-Community Agents (HSCA) Project of the Columbus (Ohio) Public Schools met its goal of improving the attitudes of 50 percent of the disruptive students enrolled in the project toward teachers, education, and school behavior. Nineteen HSCAs served in 8 high schools and 11 middle schools. Each HSCA worked on an in-depth basis…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Attitude Change, Behavior Problems, Dropout Prevention
Ebrite, Lou, Ed. – Tower Review, 1988
This issue is dedicated to vocational and adult education. "Our Children's Future: Programs for Success" (John Folks) presents the goals for public education in Oklahoma. "Vocational Education in Oklahoma: Responding to Change" (Roy Peters) provides background information on vocational education in Oklahoma and enumerates the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Decision Making, Disadvantaged Youth
National Council of La Raza, Washington, DC. – 1988
The National Council of La Raza has developed five innovative community based demonstration projects to improve the educational outcomes of Hispanics. Three of the projects are designed to address high risk students; the remaining two address the needs of parents and teachers. Each of these projects is designed to be implemented by Hispanic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Programs, Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs
Pascarella, Ernest T. – 1982
The extent to which Tinto's model of college withdrawal has predictive validity in different types of postsecondary institutions was tested during the 1978-79 and 1979-80 academic years. Secondary analyses were conducted on a sample of 2,326 freshman students from 11 diverse institutions participating in project CHOICE (to better inform…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, Commuter Colleges
Smith, Jeff E.; Henderson, Cathy – 1982
A bibliography on enrollment, student retention/attrition, and desegregation in higher education is presented, including an introduction by Cathy Henderson. The bibliography covers publications from the early 1960s through 1981 and contains 501 entries, which are presented alphabetically by author. The bibliography is the result of research…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Black Colleges, Black Students
McMillan, Samuel H., Jr. – 1980
A study examined the student/client completion of a competency-based high school diploma for CETA clients. Using follow-up forms, attendance records, correspondence, telephone calls, and client information sheets, researchers collected data from clients and staff pertaining to 102 of the 238 program clients from five sites in Texas (Abilene,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Competency Based Education, Counselor Attitudes, Dropout Rate
RAJAN, G. SOUNDARA – 1966
THIS STUDY OF WISCONSIN'S APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM IN BUILDING, METAL AND OTHER TRADES DESCRIBES THE ROLES OF UNIONS, EMPLOYERS, ADVISORY COMMITTEES, VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, AND THE STATE. IT ANALYZES REGISTRATIONS, COMPLETIONS, AND DROPOUTS, AND REPORTS THE OPINION FINDINGS FROM RESPONSES TO QUESTIONNAIRES SENT TO APPRENTICES, DROPOUTS, AND EMPLOYERS.…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Apprenticeships, Dropout Research, Dropouts
MURPHY, SARA – 1968
AS A RESULT OF A STUDY BY THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ON THE NEEDS OF MIGRANT CHILDREN, A GRANT WAS OBTAINED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING A SPECIAL SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR MIGRANT YOUTH IN THE EXTREMELY ECONOMICALLY DEPRESSED SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS, SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS SITE WAS CHOSEN BECAUSE OF ITS CLOSE PROXIMITY TO A LARGE MIGRANT…
Descriptors: College Attendance, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate, Economically Disadvantaged
James, David P.; Alford, Veronica; Alpha-Kpetewama, Tamba; Clagett, Craig A.; Engleberg, Isa N. – 1996
In January 1996, Prince George's Community College (PGCC) established the Campus Retention Committee to review community college retention strategies, determine PGCC's strengths and weaknesses in the area of retention, and develop a list of retention goals and an implementation schedule for the college. After reviewing findings from previous…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Advisory Committees, Change Agents, College Planning
Kirstein, Kurt D. – 2001
The strategies used by practicing adult basic education (ABE) teachers to retain students with poor self-esteem were examined through an Internet survey that was sent to 115 ABE instructors at community colleges in Washington. The survey, which contained questions about the prevalence of poor self-esteem among ABE dropouts, specific behaviors…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Students, Attitude Change
Wonacott, Michael E. – 2002
Facts on career academies are provided for local school board members, superintendents, other district administrators, and building administrators. The facts are divided into three categories. The category title or the fact is followed by the numbers of the references on which that category or fact is based. The section called Components of Career…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Attendance, Block Scheduling, Career Academies
Peer reviewedTurner, Freda; Igein, Godwin – Journal of Educational Technology, 2007
Attrition of doctoral students at the rate of 50-60% of those who enter the program, suggests the need to examine alternative strategies within educational institutions in working with doctoral students. The purpose of this paper is to suggest how incorporating Internet technology might be one alternative in reducing attrition in doctoral…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Student Attrition, Technology Uses in Education, Academic Ability
What Works Clearinghouse, 2007
"Talent Development High Schools" is a school reform model for restructuring large high schools with persistent attendance and discipline problems, poor student achievement, and high dropout rates. The model includes both structural and curriculum reforms. It calls for schools to reorganize into small "learning…
Descriptors: High Schools, Research Design, Intervention, Academic Standards
What Works Clearinghouse, 2007
"Twelve Together" is a one-year peer support and mentoring program for middle and early high school students that offers weekly after-school discussion groups led by trained volunteer adult facilitators. Each peer discussion group consists of about 12 participants, who are a mix of students at high risk of academic failure and others at…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Middle School Students, Peer Influence, Peer Groups
