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Download full textStern, David – 1986
The costly supplemental or alternative programs that combat chronic school failure and continued high dropout rates are not always effective for the following reasons: (1) students do not always find out which programs are available, and (2) if no suitable program is available, there is usually no one responsible for trying to create one. People…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Educational Counseling, Elementary Secondary Education
Higgins, Catherine – 1988
High attrition from programs for at-risk youth suggest that planners are not assessing interventions from the consumers' perspective. Some disadvantaged youth join and complete programs (persisters), while others from the same communities either fail to join or drop out (leavers). Participants in two in-school remedial programs and two…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Discussion Groups, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Programs
