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Direct linkMartin, George – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this proposed study was to address the issue of the effectiveness of community college retention programs, particularly their impact on poor or low-income students. Indeed, this study sought to identify actions and events that contributed to students choosing to drop out and the positive impact that college retention programs did or…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Disadvantaged, Power Structure, School Holding Power
Download full textMeaney, Sarah Elizabeth – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2016
This article is an overview of research underway which investigates early school leavers' experience of school exclusion and oppression. Augusto Boal's "Theatre of the Oppressed" has been implemented as a research methodology to provoke dialogue on this aspect of early school leaving, and to afford participants in second-chance education…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Educational Experience, Educational Attitudes, Dropout Attitudes
Pridmore, Pat; Jere, Catherine – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2011
This paper is concerned with the gap in educational provision for vulnerable learners in Malawi who are at risk of falling behind and dropping out of school due to irregular attendance. It draws on a study in high HIV-prevalence areas that explores the patterns of inequality and disadvantage that disrupt learning and uses this knowledge to design…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Intervention, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy
1962
SUMMARIES OF PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE EDUCATION OF THE CULTURALLY DEPRIVED ARE PRESENTED. IN NEW YORK STATE, A COMPREHENSIVE GENERAL-PURPOSE ALLOTMENT OF FINANCIAL AID IS PROVIDED FOR CITY SCHOOLS. ALSO IN NEW YORK, PROGRAMS ARE BEING CONDUCTED THAT OFFER PREEMPLOYMENT INSTRUCTION FOR POTENTIAL DROPOUTS, THAT OFFER DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Dropout Programs, Study Centers, Unwed Mothers
Hampton, Peter J. – Continuing Education, 1973
Descriptors: College Students, Counseling Services, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth
Baas, Alan – 1991
At-risk students are often poor and members of minority groups. Solutions to the dropout problem are inseparably tied to combating poverty and could stimulate far-reaching educational change. Researchers have identified several elements of successful dropout prevention programs, including the need for early prevention; aggressive leadership;…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Change Strategies, Disadvantaged, Dropout Programs
Miami-Dade Junior Coll., FL. – 1969
Career College (originally known as Cooperative Education Program for Dropouts was set up under the auspices of Title I of the Higher Education Act. The grant for the pilot project specified a two-thirds federal contribution and a one-third contribution from the South Campus of Miami-Dade Junior College. Program objectives included identifying 60…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged, Dropout Programs, Dropouts
Peer reviewedWagner, Jon – School Review, 1972
Author describes the CAM Academy created by the Christian Action Ministry to deal with the problem of high school dropouts on the west side of Chicago. (MB)
Descriptors: Black Education, Disadvantaged, Dropout Programs, Educational Experiments
Schumacher, Dorin – 1979
The set of behaviors and procedures used in working with school counselors participating in the Upward Bound and Talent Search programs at the University of Maine at Orono is described. Areas of concern designed to facilitate the relationship between school counselors and program coordinators include the following: (1) basic program information,…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Counselor Role, Counselor Training, Disadvantaged
National Advisory Council on Vocational Education, Washington, DC. – 1970
The focus of the third report of the National Advisory Council is on effectively preparing the disadvantaged for full participation in society. The United States has developed into a technological society with no place for the uneducated, unskilled individual. Though the present educational system works well for the majority, 20 percent of the…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Disadvantaged, Dropout Programs, Employment Services
New York City Human Resources Administration, NY. – 1969
A 2-year project was designed to: (1) assess the feasibility and relative effectiveness of three camp-setting-residential, prevocational youth manpower development programs of varying durations, (2) develop the trainability potential of hard-core school dropout youngsters, and (3) investigate the feasibility of developing new non-traditional…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Delinquency, Disadvantaged, Dropout Programs
Holmes, Marion B. W.; Collins, Allen E. – Vocational Education Journal, 1988
Describes dropout prevention programs in the School District of Philadelphia: (1) High School Academies, schools within schools that provide a holistic approach to the transition from school to work; (2) Jobsearch; (3) Education for Employment Initiative, an effort to coordinate programs that prepare students for employment; and (4) Vocational…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Holistic Approach
Teaching and Learning Research Corp., New York, NY. – 1970
The purpose of the Benjamin Franklin Urban League Street Academy Program is to help students stay in school, help dropouts to return to school, or help students enter the job market. The program was evaluated in three categories: East Side Cluster Service, summer enrichment, and educational programs. The major evaluation objectives were to…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
Stanley, Robert W. – NASSP Bull, 1969
Descriptors: Counseling, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Programs
BIENENSTOK, THEODORE; SAYRES, WILLIAM C. – 1964
INCLUDED IS AN ANALYSIS OF A WORK-STUDY DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM FOR POTENTIAL DROPOUTS FROM NEW YORK HIGH SCHOOLS. THE FINDINGS ARE BASED ON DATA AND INFORMATION GATHERED FROM MANY SOURCES, ALL OF WHICH ARE CONNECTED WITH THE PROGRAM. THE ATTEMPT IS TO PLACE POTENTIAL DROPOUTS IN PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT WITH EITHER PRIVATE EMPLOYERS OR WITH PUBLIC…
Descriptors: Community Action, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged, Dropout Prevention
