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Fortenberry, Robert N.; White, Barbara L. – School Administrator, 1987
Most programs offered to students likely to drop out can be categorized as support programs, academic remediation or development programs, alternative programs or schools, work experience programs, or affirmative action job placement programs. This article cites 14 local and national programs and notes some critical factors in dropout prevention.…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts, National Programs
Download full textEducation Commission of the States, Denver, CO. Campus Compact. – 1989
Campus Partners in Learning (CPIL) encourages college and university students to act as mentors to middle school youth who are at risk of not completing a secondary education or making the transition to a productive adulthood. This national project, comprised of 202 colleges, offers information, technical assistance, and national visibility for…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, College Students, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Canada Employment and Immigration Commission, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1990
The Canadian government is meeting the rising demand for highly skilled workers with a $296.4 million national dropout prevention initiative over five years. This document, written in both English and French, describes the initiative. More than half of the funds will be allocated to programs and services, more than a quarter to mobilizing…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Computer Oriented Programs, Cooperative Programs, Dropout Prevention
Flores, Merced; And Others – 1986
This report summarized the activities and recommendations of the 1985-86 National Association of State Directors of Migrant Education Secondary Committee. Committee accomplishments included defining dropouts utilizing unique characteristics of migrant students; drafting the issues paper on migrant secondary education (included in this report);…
Descriptors: Definitions, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
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
