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Download full textSprabery, Carol A.; King, Jo Carol – 1992
This study evaluated a career education program for 141 ninth grade students at Kemper County High School in rural Mississippi in an effort to reduce the dropout rate and increase career awareness. A mental health counselor gave students monthly instruction on career issues necessary for vocational life after high school graduation. A local…
Descriptors: Career Education, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Employment Potential
Boyd, Sheila; Regner, Christine – 1987
The Eidos Program, sponsored by the Idyllic Foundation, is a private community-based organization that, with schools and other cooperating agencies and sponsors, helps young people whose needs are not adequately met by existing instituions. The program, which was funded for six months by the Job Training Partnership Act, provided educational and…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Cooperative Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Programs
