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Fort Wayne Women's Bureau, Inc., IN. – 1978
Focus on Choice was a 309 Special Project with education and research components. The educational aspect involved two pilot classes of under-educated adults in a 13-week course which emphasized self-assessment, goal-setting and occupational information. An integral feature of the design included mutual support groups and role models as a way of…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Dropouts, Adult Education, Adult Programs
Tibby, Edward; And Others – 1978
Results are reported from a survey of a random sample of college-bound high school seniors, 1974-75, who took the Scholastic Aptitude Test in the 12 states that comprise the College Board's Western Region. The 935 respondents are grouped for analytic purposes according to their college enrollment history. The four categories of respondents are…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Attrition (Research Studies), College Attendance, College Bound Students
Download full textWilliams, Trevor; And Others – 1980
The study of early school leavers was the first phase of a three-year project which looked at the social processes implicated in the transition from school to work or to further education. Data for the study was obtained by mail questionnaire during the summer of 1978-79 from an Australia-wide sample of 4,919 individuals who were between seventeen…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts
GIBBONS, MARILYN – 1965
THE HOMEWORK HELPER PROGRAM INVOLVES APPROXIMATELY 250 ACADEMICALLY SUPERIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO ARE TUTORING APPROXIMATELY 600 FOURTH- AND FIFTH-GRADE RETARDED READERS. THE PURPOSES ARE TO PROVIDE MODELS SO THAT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN CAN IDENTIFY WITH SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS, TO GIVE THE CHILDREN HELP WITH BASIC SKILLS, TO ENCOURAGE…
Descriptors: After School Education, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged, Elementary School Students
CUSHMAN, M.L. – 1967
RURAL SCHOOLS HAVE GREATER EDUCATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES THAN URBAN SCHOOLS BECAUSE THEY MUST ATTEMPT TO PREPARE YOUTH EITHER FOR RURAL OCCUPATIONS, IF THEY REMAIN IN THE RURAL COMMUNITY, OR FOR URBAN OCCUPATIONS, IF THEY MIGRATE. IT WOULD APPEAR THAT RURAL SCHOOLS ARE FAILING TO DO THIS, AS EVIDENCED BY THEIR HIGH DROPOUT RATE, LACK OF GUIDANCE…
Descriptors: Administrators, Community, Curriculum, Dropout Rate
LOEWENBERG, BERT J. – 1966
GRANTS FROM THE CARNEGIE CORPORATION HAVE ENABLED SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE CENTER FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY STUDIES TO ESTABLISH A FLEXIBLE PROGRAM FOR WOMEN WHO WISH TO STUDY PART TIME TOWARD UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE DEGREES AFTER BEING OUT OF SCHOOL FOR SEVERAL YEARS. PARTICIPANTS ARE CHOSEN BY INTERVIEW AFTER COMPLETING AN…
Descriptors: Community Study, Degrees (Academic), Dropouts, Enrollment
MEDSKER, LELAND L.; TRENT, JAMES W. – 1967
THE STUDY FOLLOWED THE COLLEGE AND NONCOLLEGE CAREERS OF 10,000 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES FOR FOUR YEARS THROUGH PATTERNS OF WORK, COLLEGE, AND MARRIAGE, AND FOCUSED ON THE IMPACT OF COLLEGE VERSUS EMPLOYMENT ON CHANGE OF VALUES AND ATTITUDES. EVENTUAL COLLEGE PERSISTERS DID NOT DIFFER WIDELY FROM THEIR CLASSMATES ON PERSONALITY SCALES ADMINISTERED IN…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Attitudes, Automation, Career Choice
BELBIN, R. MEREDITH – 1966
THE ROLE OF THE ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT IS ILLUSTRATED IN REPORTS OF VARIED RETRAINING PROGRAMS (PART OF THE ACTIVE MANPOWER POLICY) IN GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND SWEDEN. THE PROGRAMS INCLUDE SUCH ACTIVITIES AS--(1) FINANCIAL ENCOURAGEMENT OF INDUSTRY TO PARTICIPATE IN TRAINING THE OLDER ADULT, (2) RETRAINING TO MEET…
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Adult Learning, Adult Vocational Education, Deduction
Berryman, Sue E. – 1980
A study examined data from literature and from three surveys of high school students to analyze the equity of the way in which high schools assign students to the vocational track and the effectiveness of vocational education in preparing students for work. Data revealed that while students' junior high abilities, achievement, and curricular…
Descriptors: Blacks, Dropouts, Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits
Manitoba Dept. of Labor and Manpower, Winnipeg. – 1980
A survey of the 5,278 students who either graduated (N=3,095) or withdrew (N=2,183) from the Manitoba community colleges during 1978 was conducted during 1979 to determine: (1) the employment status of the students; (2) their earnings; (3) the number of weeks spent in the labor market before and after college enrollment; (4) the number of weeks…
Descriptors: Age, College Graduates, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Klinekole, Ruth V. – BIA Education Research Bulletin, 1979
Indian students who have withdrawn from public schools for various reasons may receive alternative education at Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Boarding Schools, but they may also face academic, environmental, and personal problems. Attending a boarding school involves a radical culture break. Students are often far from home, deprived of parental…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indian Education, American Indians, Anxiety
Ford Foundation, New York, NY. – 1967
IN ASSISTING EFFORTS TOWARD QUALITY VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, THE FORD FOUNDATION HAS MADE GRANTS TO EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS WITH THE VIEW THAT VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY AT ALL LEVELS OF SECONDARY AND POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION, AND THAT IMPROVEMENT OF VOCATIONAL AND…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Colleges, Curriculum Research, Dropout Prevention
Oregon State System of Higher Education, Monmouth. – 1967
The objective of the study was to develop a dynamic system for inputing data on human and occupational resources for use in developing vocational education programs to meet current and future occupational needs. In the first of four phases, the objectives were to develop: (1) data gathering instruments designed to continuously assess human…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Data Collection, Dropouts, Employees
Mallinson, George G. – 1968
The purpose of this study was to survey a representative sample of non-college bound students who were dropouts or graduates of the class of June 1963, in 12 midwestern high school. Specifically, the study was designed to investigate the socioeconomic backgrounds, the academic backgrounds, and the reactions of these non-college bound students to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Dropouts
Delaware State Dept. of Public Instruction, Dover. – 1966
This report is an evaluation of the compensatory education activities in Delaware funded under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The material is arranged according to the format stipulated by the U.S. Office of Education. In Section I the administrative aspects of the program are described and the pupils' performance on a…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Ancillary School Services, Attendance, Compensatory Education
