School-Business Partnerships: Working to Defuse the Dropout Time Bomb.

Justiz, Manuel J.; Kameen, Marilyn C.

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Publication Date: 1986

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School-Business Partnerships: Working to Defuse the Dropout Time Bomb.

Justiz, Manuel J.; Kameen, Marilyn C.

NASSP Bulletin, v70 n494 p103-08 Dec 1986

Discusses business-school partnerships designed to confront the declining number of high school graduates, the ever-worsening dropout problem, and projected shortages of technically skilled workers. Describes regional and national collaborative programs sponsored by Digital, Hewlett-Packard, Lockheed, and Atlantic-Richfield. Includes six references. (MLH)

Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Dropouts, Economic Factors, Employment Patterns, High Risk Students, Labor Supply, School Business Relationship, Secondary Education, Skilled Workers, Socioeconomic Status, Unemployment, Vocational Education

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Language: English

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