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Download full textOffice of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1969
A compilation of statistical tables on adult basic education in the United States includes data on the following, broken down by region and state: number of students; number of students by grade level; number of students completing programs; number of students by sex, ethnic group, race, and age; selected hours membership statistics; hours of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Dropouts, Facilities, Financial Support
Poehlman, Charles H. – 1968
The allocation and expenditure of the Johnson-O'Malley Act funds by the Indian Education Program, State of Nevada, Department of Education is presented in this report for the fiscal year 1967-68. The narrative portion of the report lists the activities of the participating school districts that were funded by Title I - Elementary and Secondary…
Descriptors: American Indians, Annual Reports, Attendance Records, Dropout Rate
Poehlman, Charles H. – 1969
The allocation and expenditure of the Johnson-O'Malley Act funds by the Indian Education Program, State of Nevada, Department of Education is presented in this report for the fiscal year 1968-69. The narrative portion of the report lists the activities of the participating school districts that were funded by Title I - Elementary and Secondary…
Descriptors: American Indians, Annual Reports, Attendance Records, Dropout Rate
American Textbook Publishers Inst., New York, NY. – 1964
American textbook publishers, meeting with representatives from government, education, the library field, and other sectors, held a two-day conference to consider curriculum needs, instructional materials, and research in progress in adult basic education and job skills training. Separate panel discussions centered on existing instructional…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Curriculum Development, Dropouts, Educational Needs
Rogers, Charles H.; And Others – 1969
Eighty-one tables were included in this study which examined teenage unemployment in a two-county rural area of North Carolina. Specifically, this report considered labor market experience of Negroes and Caucasians, personality variables, social and family characteristics, community factors, and educational and training opportunities. A structured…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Bibliographies, Blacks, Dropouts
Killian, William David – 1969
A study was undertaken to identify the characteristics of the adult learner who persists in the North Carolina learning laboratories program, and to differentiate between him and the student who does not persist. The program was established under the "Open Door Policy" articulated by the State Board of Education in 1963, which opened all…
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Adult Students, College Preparation, Community Colleges
McQueen, Robert – 1968
School dropouts occur most often among boys in the 10th grade of academic courses. Evidence suggests that they and others who finish high school would have had more personal satisfaction and value from a vocational-technical curriculum. Occupational preparation, if provided in schools, can make students ready for successful introduction to…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Career Guidance, Dropout Prevention, Educational Change
Pasadena City Coll., CA. – 1974
An investigation was made of the effects of drop policy changes at Pasadena City College on student attrition and final-grade distributions. Data on student attrition were obtained from data processing printouts for the years 1965-1973, and final-grade distribution data were obtained from Departmental Grade Distribution Reports produced annually.…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Dropout Research, Educational Policy
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Continuing Education Curriculum Development. – 1972
The learning activities suggested in this publication supplement those found in the curriculum resource handbook "Learning Laboratories for Unemployed Out-of-School Youth." This phase of the program deals on a practical level with various health problems in short, achievable units. Activities keyed to the curriculum resource handbook and followed…
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Programs, Guides
Maine Township Diagnostic and Remedial Learning Center, Park Ridge, IL. – 1970
The Maine Township Diagnostic and Remedial Learning Centers were established to provide educational, diagnostic, and remedial services to selected students who were so handicapped by their inability to make use of the communications skills, particularly reading and writing skills, that their school experience became one of frustration and failure.…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Dropouts, Inservice Teacher Education, Parent Participation
Wages, Sherry Diane – 1971
Analyzing the reasons that Mexican Americans drop out of school, this thesis also examined the educational and occupational status projections of these dropouts, compared to their peers still in school. Data from 4 Texas counties--Dimmit, Maverick, Starr, and Zapata--were gathered on 596 Mexican American students in 1967 and on 74 Mexican American…
Descriptors: Achievement, Attitudes, Careers, Dropouts
Heywood, Stanley J.; And Others – 1973
The first of 3 volumes of position papers presented at the first Native American Teacher Corps Conference (Denver, Colorado; April 26-29, 1973) presents 8 position papers and 3 addresses. The content is: (1) addresses; (2) on Indian's education; (3) culture and education; (4) theoretical construct of the ideal school system for American…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Communication (Thought Transfer), Culture
New Mexico Council for the Development of Educational Talent, Las Vegas. – 1969
Goals of the New Mexico Educational Talent Project--funded under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act--are (1) to identify qualified secondary school students at the 11th grade or earlier and assist them in completing their high school education, (2) to encourage an increasing number of high school students to select a teaching…
Descriptors: American Indians, Attitudes, Career Choice, Career Counseling
Nafziger, Alyce J. – 1971
An investigation of attitudes relative to education in Appalachia is the focus of this 1971 paper. The heritage, culture, and characteristics of the Appalachian people are briefly described, and educational background of the youth is explored in terms of its relationship to educational attitudes. Also discussed are attitudes toward education as…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Aspiration, Cultural Differences, Dropout Characteristics
Bucklin, Robert W.; Bucklin, Mary L. – 1971
The sample of 164 Marginal College Freshmen (MCF) who attended the 1968 Eastern Michigan University (EMU) Special Summer Session. Ninety-nine variables were analyzed utilizing the total sample of MCF and subgroups, persistors, and leavers. From these assumptions, hypotheses were developed. A model of a multidimensional developmental model is…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Freshmen, Developmental Programs, Dropouts
