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Download full textGrannis, Joseph C.; And Others – 1993
The Community Achievement Project in the Schools (CAPS) is a public-private partnership between the United Way of New York City and the New York City Board of Education. As part of a dropout prevention initiative, CAPS is designed to integrate the services of community-based organizations and schools. The Teachers College of Columbia University…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Organizations, Cooperation, Disadvantaged Youth
Walleri, R. Dan; Stoker, Cheryl L.; Stoering, Juliette – 1997
This case study of a student retention program for at-risk students at Mount Hood Community College (Oregon) contends that student retention programs are seldom as holistic and comprehensive as intended. The study analyzed three areas: the design and implementation of a comprehensive program to improve student retention; the organizational…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Case Studies
Chamberlain, Ed – 1992
The Home-School-Community Agent (HSCA) Project of the Columbus (Ohio) Public Schools was established in the 1990-91 school year to help disruptive students make a positive adjustment to elements in their lives that interfere with success in school. The project was implemented through 21 HSCAs in nine high schools and 12 middle schools. Each agent…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Problems, Change Agents, Dropout Prevention
Des Moines Public Schools, IA. – 1991
The New Horizons Program provides supportive services such as counseling, attendance monitoring, career-related instruction, and work experience to dropout-prone students and their families in order to improve students' academic achievement and increase their graduation rate. Work experience, a major component of the program, helps students focus…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Career Education, Dropout Prevention
Cantalupo, Denise – 1993
Project PRIDE was an Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title VII-funded project in its fourth year of operation at Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn (New York). In the 1992-93 school year, the project served 251 students of limited English proficiency. Participating students received instruction in English as a second language (ESL),…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Dropout Prevention, English (Second Language), High School Students
Stevens, Carla J.; And Others – 1991
The purpose of this report is to evaluate the seven alternative schools in the Houston (Texas) Independent School District by describing the students who were served by the programs, and by assessing the effectiveness of the programs in improving student academic performance and attendance. The following schools provide education to at-risk…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Dropout Prevention, Educational Assessment
Curry, Beth Ann – 1990
This study examined the effect of the Nicholls State-Youth Opportunities Unlimited (NS-YOU) program on 30 adolescents aged 14 and 15. The NS-YOU summer program was designed by Nicholls State University to address the dropout problem among adolescents from low income families. This program provided remediation, counseling, and job training to 14-…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Counseling Services, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research
Texas Univ., Austin. Hogg Foundation for Mental Health. – 1990
This report offers task force recommendations to provide greater support and understanding for adolescents and young adults. The Commission report and recommendations focus on the issues of teenage pregnancy, drug and alcohol abuse, juvenile delinquency, dropping out of school, and suicide. Part 1, "Growing Up in Texas," begins with an…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Programs, Delinquency, Dropout Prevention
Tees, Sandra; And Others – 1984
Coordinated Vocational Academic Education (CVAE) is offered at three middle schools in the Fort Worth Independent School District, Texas. Courses in automobile mechanics, cosmetology, and home and community services are provided for potential dropout students who meet specific criteria: (1) low achievement; (2) inadequate communication skills;…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Attendance Patterns, Cohort Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth
Lindholm, Michael; Jones, Roger C. – 1980
This study evaluated the effectiveness of school district participation in CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) youth programs in Box Elder and Cache Counties, Utah, as well as the overall effectiveness of CETA youth programs administered by the Bear River Association of Governments. For three years, the Bear River Association of…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts, Employee Attitudes
Diaz, William; And Others – 1980
Through August, 1979, approximately 63,000 low-income youths in 17 areas across the country had been enrolled in Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects that guaranteed them a part-time job during the school year and a full-time job during summer months on the condition that they remain in, or return to, a secondary school or enroll in an…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
Wetzel, Susan – 1977
In order to determine (1) characteristics of non-returning students, (2) reasons for attrition, and (3) student evaluation of Delaware County Community College (DCCC), questionnaires were mailed to all full and part-time students who attended the winter 1976 term but who did not register for the fall 1976 term. Drawn from 405 responses,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Berkowitz, Louis, Ed.; And Others – 1971
This demonstration project in New York City undertook to help potential dropouts remain in school through the introduction of a program which combined after-school work experience with group and individual counseling. Concomitantly, it sought to develop an effective intervention methodology for replication in other communities. The principal…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attitude Change, Counseling Services, Demonstration Programs
Schmitt, Lisa – Online Submission, 2003
This report summarizes results of AISD's State Compensatory Education programs for at-risk students in 2001-2002.
Descriptors: State Programs, Compensatory Education, At Risk Students, High School Students
Roman, Elliott M. – 1994
In 1993-94 the Career Awareness Program for Bilingual Haitian and Hispanic Students (Project CAP) was in its fifth and final year as an Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title VII project. Project CAP operated at two high schools in Brooklyn (New York), serving 136 Haitians at one and an undetermined number of Spanish-speaking and Haitian…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Career Development, Dropout Prevention, English (Second Language)
