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A Study of High School Dropout Prevention and At-Risk Ninth Graders' Role Models and Motivations for School Completion
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Somers, Cheryl L.; Owens, Delila; Piliawsky, Monte – Education, 2009
This study describes the results of a research evaluation of a school dropout prevention program and adolescents' self-reported perceptions of their motivations and role models. The program was a partnership between an urban university and an urban school district that was designed to prevent 9th grade students from dropping out of high school. It…
Descriptors: Role Models, Urban Schools, Low Income Groups, Dropout Programs
An Investigation of the Influence of the In-School Neighborhood Youth Corps on Employment and Earnings in Houston, Texas. Final Report.
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Ellard, Charles John – 1974
This study investigates the post-high school influence of the In-School Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) on the earning capacity of participatns in Houston, Texas. The influence of NYC participation is investigated employing a methodology of a control group design together with data analyses using multiple regression and analysis of covariance. The…
Descriptors: Dropout Programs, Graduation, High School Students, Income
An Evaluation of the High School Redirection Program. State Urban Education Program.
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New York Univ., NY. Center for Field Research and School Services. – 1973
The High School Redirection Program was designed to maintain 240 potential dropouts in an educational-vocational setting while assisting them to progress toward a high school diploma. Students were admitted from 13 high schools in Brooklyn and from Andrew Jackson in Queens. They were to follow a work-study program through the summer and regular…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Records, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Minority vs. Non-Minority Student Retention Programs at Predominantly White Universities: A Comparative Analysis of Their Program Structural Components and Design.
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Miller, Howard J. – Western Journal of Black Studies, 1988
Compares and contrasts the structural components of minority and general summer retention programs at 20 predominantly white universities. Utilizes the results of a telephone survey. (FMW)
Descriptors: Black Education, Black Students, College Freshmen, Dropout Prevention