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Download full textERIC Clearinghouse on Counseling and Personnel Services, Ann Arbor, MI. – 1970
This annotated bibliography presents materials related to the problem of retaining students in vocational education programs. Such factors as student attitudes, abilities, motivations are considered as possible factors related to retention. Sources include journal articles, doctoral dissertations, books, and ERIC materials. The literature dates…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Annotated Bibliographies, Dropouts, Literature Reviews
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1969
The educational boom of the past two decades, prospects for the next 10 years, and the complex of policy issues facing member countries of the OECD are surveyed in this report. Topics discussed include record enrollments, educational efficiency, dropouts and the school-leaving age, new secondary school structures, implications for higher education…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Educational Change, Educational Economics, Educational Finance
Aurbach, Herbert A.; And Others – 1970
The National Study of American Indian Education, in its first major publication, brings together information in summary form from a number of sources for the purpose of providing a description of the present state of Indian education. The context of American Indian education is identified in terms of American history, geographical location,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American History, American Indians, Dropout Rate
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. Div. of Educational Research. – 1970
In this fourteenth annual report in the series of bulletins on the holding power and graduates of Kentucky public and nonpublic high schools, an overview of a 10-year period (1959-1969) is presented in addition to the usual analysis of data for the graduating class of 1969. Comparative data are presented on the holding power of Kentucky schools,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Dropout Rate, Graduate Surveys, High Schools
Ohio State Board of Education, Columbus. – 1967
This 1967 seminar for adult basic education program administrators was designed to identify problem areas and to consider some of the solutions. Major topics were the social and psychological characteristics of underprivileged adult learners, program administration and management, inservice teacher training, current issues in adult basic…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Adults, Disadvantaged
1968
The document presents a view of the program, "Educational Talent Search," operating in 20 counties in northwest Mississippi and in Wilcox County, Alabama. A description of the poverty conditions found to exist in these counties serves as a foundation for the remainder of the report. Talent scout training, talent scout efforts, and student field…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Planning, Counseling Services, Disadvantaged Youth
Flicker, Bernard – 1969
The objectives of this High School Redirection Project were to redirect potential dropouts to continue full-time education and training with an educational-vocational plan, to provide high school dropouts with job skills that will enable them to enter the labor market on the highest possible level while continuing to upgrade their skills on a…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts, Group Counseling, High School Students
City Univ. of New York, NY. Research and Evaluation Unit for Special Programs. – 1969
This report is a follow-up study of the experiences and reactions of students in the 1965 entering class of the College Discovery Program, the students having been enrolled in the following community colleges: Bronx, Queensborough, Kingsborough, Manhattan, and New York City. The areas covered in the report are: attrition from the College Discovery…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts
Johnson, Clara L. – 1972
Adolescent pregnancy, especially among low income non-white groups, is becoming a matter of increasing concern. Data indicated that pregnancy in the adolescent, especially under age 16, is associated with high incidences of toxemia, anemia, contracted pelvis, prolonged labor, and a high maternal death rate. It is also the largest single reason why…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Behavior Patterns, Blacks
Frankel, Steven M. – 1973
This document summarizes the significant findings, overall methodology, and policy recommendations for the Assessment of School Supervised Work Education Programs. It consists of material contained in the Data Analysis Report together with a description of the analysis model developed for each respondent group. Individual predictor items were…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Dropout Prevention, Models, On the Job Training
Sikand, Jack, Comp. – 1973
The study was undertaken by the Educational Task Force established by the Saskatchewan Chiefs' Conference, March 1970. The Indians, representing 67 Bands, expressed their concern about the apathy of Indian children to school programs, dropouts, and the near absence of Indian students in universities. Another concern was that of the Canadian…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Counseling, Dropouts
Patton, Walter Stinnett – 1972
The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a statistically significant difference in selected factors between American Indian students who persisted at the University of New Mexico and at New Mexico State University and those who did not. Subjects were 135 Indians and 200 non-Indians at the University of New Mexico and 68 Indians and…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, American Indians, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Cannon, F. B. – 1973
Seventeen West Central Indiana school corporations cooperated in this study designed to provide them with information for decision making regarding vocational-technical education. Sources of information were varied and included school corporations records, State agencies, and surveys of secondary teachers, a sampling of high school students,…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Educational Needs, Educational Planning, Program Development
Chapman, E. N. – 1966
This book is designed for the slow learner and the dropout. It is written at the sixth grade level and is generously illustrated. The specific purpose of the book is to help the potential dropout and those who have already dropped out and returned to special training by indicating the importance of a positive attitude, and how to build one. It is…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Business, Dropouts, Employer Attitudes
Harrison, Don K. – 1970
A brief analysis of the ERIC/CAPS documents referring to the disadvantaged, handicapped, ethnic and minority groups. Documents input during the time period January through June, 1970 are analyzed in terms of significant trends and significant single studies. Both significant trends and studies are listed, as well as the reasons for selection. In…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Dropouts
