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Ensor, Azelma – 1989
This first of a series of four interrelated studies reviewed the current participation rates of Western Australia's Aborigines in technical and further education (TAFE) courses, surveyed 101 students in the Aboriginal Access course to identify problems they had, and surveyed teachers in the Access course and in mainstream vocational courses to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Vocational Education, Continuing Education, Dropout Prevention
Sedey, John M. – 1989
This publication presents a summary of the research obtained from senior high schools in Minnesota that used the Minnesota Secondary School Follow-Up System to collect data on the class of 1987. Data were collected from 84 high schools, plus a sampling of Minneapolis, with responses received from 10,705 students (76.8% of those surveyed). Of the…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Dropouts, Employer Employee Relationship
Wisconsin State Council on Vocational Education, Madison. – 1989
Presenters at a public hearing testified about strategies that were working and those that were considered not to be working in the Wisconsin vocational education system. The strategies that were cited as "working" were: education provided to businesses by VTAE (Vocational-Technical Adult Education district) colleges; interaction between…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Articulation (Education), Cooperative Programs, Disabilities
Lomotey, Kofi – 1990
How the nature of the campus culture helps determine the levels of enrollment and retention of African-American students is examined in this study conducted at Oberlin College, Ohio, a college that has shown relative success in enrolling and retaining African-American students. The study provides excerpts from numerous interviews with students,…
Descriptors: Black Students, Black Studies, College Admission, College Environment
Miller-Heyl, Janet Lynne; Shores, Wanda, Ed. – 1985
This manual contains a complete set of program formats, activities, and references covered by the Dare to be You Training Program. The program, piloted in a rural Colorado County, is designed for use by parents, youth, teachers, church, and service organizations to help them deal with adolescents' problems and to assist youth in developing skills…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Communication Skills, Counselor Training, Decision Making Skills
Nave, Gary R. – 1990
The Center for Urban Research in Education (CURE), jointly conceived by the Portland (Oregon) Public Schools and Portland State University, was established in 1987 by the Oregon State Legislature to explore solutions to the educational problems of at-risk student populations, especially those in urban settings. This paper shares the results of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College School Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
Ariza, Maria J. – 1990
New Beginning is a transitional program for limited-English-proficient (LEP) secondary school students in Dade County, Florida whose prior school experience was interrupted or limited. The program currently serves 102 students in four schools. Most participants are Hispanic or Haitian. Students are selected by district-wide criteria and grouped in…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Dropout Prevention, English (Second Language), Haitians
Toback, Norman P., Ed. – Ideas Together, 1990
Designed as a channel for communication among City University of New York faculty regarding initiatives to reduce attrition and promote student success, this publication contains articles on various aspects of student development and bilingualism. The volume contains: (1) "The Process Is the Purpose," an introduction by Anthony F. Russo,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Community Colleges
Download full textMei, Dolores M.; And Others – 1990
The Part-Time Jobs portion of the Attendance Improvement Dropout Prevention (AIDP) Program in New York City provided job-readiness training and job placements in an effort to motivate students to improve academic achievement and school attendance. Programs were implemented at schools with a student attendance rate at or below the citywide median…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Community Organizations, Disadvantaged Youth
Petrovich, Janice; Parsons, James L. – 1989
A study of Hispanic students in predominantly minority high schools in five American cities found that parental expectations for a child's educational attainment are important to high school completion. Based on the survey responses of the Mexican American, Puerto Rican, Cuban, and Central American students in that study, the following…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, High School Students, High Schools, Hispanic American Students
Compton Community Coll. District, CA. Research and Planning Dept. – 1989
In 1988, a survey was conducted at Compton Community College to ascertain whether the needs and priorities of its students were primarily campus-related or external. The study was also structured to identify students who planned to transfer to another college before completing their degree requirements. The survey solicited information on…
Descriptors: College Environment, Community Colleges, Dropouts, Enrollment Influences
Glover, Robert H.; Wilcox, Jerry – 1990
A design for improving the quality of information available for continuous operational study of student retention at the University of Hartford in Connecticut was examined involving a microcomputer based decision support system for student retention research. The system, an interactive modeling approach to conduct longitudinal and comparative…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Environment, College Students, Computer Oriented Programs
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1986
Career Advancement through Bilingual Educational Skills (Project CABES) completed the second year of a 3-year funding cycle at Seward Park High School on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Project CABES serves 233 recently immigrated, predominantly low-income, ninth through twelfth grade, Hispanic students of limited English proficiency (LEP). Included…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, Career Education, Dropout Prevention
Wright, Ted – 1984
A study was conducted to examine several academic and non-academic variables in terms of their relationship to student attrition at Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC). The study sample consisted of 306 associate in arts degree-seeking students who first enrolled in fall 1981. Four groups of students, defined according to the last semester…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Dropout Research, Females
Corak, Kitty – 1984
Reasons that students enter or leave the University of Montana (UM) were studied in fall 1983. Consideration was given to first-term freshmen of traditional age, slightly older students (under age 25), transfer students, dropouts, and students who persisted at the university for 1 academic year. In study phase 1, attention was directed to…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Age Groups, College Freshmen, College Transfer Students
