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Download full textHahn, Andrew; And Others – 1987
Dropouts are defined throughout this document (including in its graphic displays) as: early school leavers, expelled, intermittent learners, leftouts, pushouts, stopouts, suspended, and truants. Sufficient research has been done about school dropouts to begin a comprehensive solution. Schools and other institutions must mobilize the knowledge to…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research
Gueron, Judith M. – 1984
The Department of Labor's Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects (YIEPP) was the nation's largest demonstration to test a new approach to solving the employment problems of disadvantaged youths. Sixteen- to 19-year-olds from low income or welfare households who had not yet graduated from high school were offered minimum-wage jobs, part-time…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Dropout Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities
Redmond, Michael – 1985
The Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC) sees a strong connection between the dropout decision and unemployment in the teen years and beyond. It developed JOBSTART, a model of a project giving youths a chance to work and focusing on educational remediation, occupational training strategies, and support services to dropouts. To…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research
