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Download full textInstitute for Educational Development, New York, NY. – 1973
Harlem Preparatory School is an independent, nongraded, alternative school for young men and women who have either left high school before receiving a diploma, who wish to receive an academic diploma rather than a general or vocational diploma, or who wish to "recondition" their learning skills so that they may be better prepared to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Admission, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Programs
Escutia, Marta – 1986
Several independent analyses of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) indicate that it has achieved mixed results and has failed to effectively serve disadvantaged youth and school dropouts. It can only offer short-term, low-cost programs, and has difficulty in attracting youths. The number of dropouts being served is declining. The…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
Wong, Daisy; And Others – 1973
The Lower East Side Preparatory School's main goal was to provide basic educational requirements for graduation with improved self-image among students who are dropouts/returnees from the lower east side. Because of the school's location it included the Chinatown area. The student population consisted principally of dropouts with poor academic…
Descriptors: Chinese Americans, Cultural Enrichment, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Programs
Higgins, Catherine; And Others – 1991
This report presents an independent evaluation of E. Lang's I Have a Dream (IHAD) model intervention for disadvantaged youth as it has been implemented in three schools in the Greater Washington (District of Columbia) area. Sixty IHAD participants are randomly selected as they enter sixth or seventh grade for higher education tuition guarantees…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
Pyecha, J. N.; And Others – 1975
The document is comprised of the appendixes to Volume 3 ("Descriptive Study of the Talent Search Program") of a four-volume Research Triangle Institute final report titled, "A Study of the National Upward Bound and Talent Search Programs." The 14 appendixes comprising the document are: a list of Talent Search advisory council…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Counseling Services, Data Collection, Disadvantaged Youth
Pyecha, J. N.; And Others – 1975
The Office of Education's Talent Search program is designed to: (a) identify needy youths with exceptional potential and encourage them to complete secondary school and undertake further education; (b) publicize student financial aid; and (c) encourage dropouts of demonstrated aptitude to reenter educational programs. The Talent Search program…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Counseling Services, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
Weis, Lois, Ed.; And Others – 1989
A holistic analysis of the dropout problem is presented in this collection of essays, which critically examines a variety of research traditions. The book examines the major groups within the dropout population, factors within schools that contribute to dropping out, and the larger social and economic context within which dropping out occurs.…
Descriptors: Athletes, Black Community, Disadvantaged Environment, Disadvantaged Youth
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1984
This Congressional report contains testimony pertaining to amending the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) to strengthen the Job Corps Program. The primary focus of the hearing was on the current adequacy and future potential of the Job Corps' vocational and basic education programs, facilities and equipment, residential living and enrichment…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Programs
