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Download full textGurin, Gerald – 1968
Results of a study of an experimental and demonstration job training project (Chicago JOBS Project) for approximately 1,500 underemployed "functionally illiterate" inner-city Negro youth are reported. The project, which lasted from September of 1963 to the summer of 1964, included basic education, vocational training, and group and…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Basic Skills, Black Youth, Dropouts
Richland County Board of Education, Mansfield, OH. – 1968
A study of delinquency, underachievement, and dropout in six school districts considered extent and contributing factors within the school setting. The Nye-Short Self Reporting Delinquency Scale indicated exceptionally high rates for one of seven elementary schools (grades 5 and 6), normal rates for only one of five junior high schools, and normal…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Rating Scales, Delinquency
Sheldon, M. Stephen; Hunter, Russell – 1978
During 1977-78 Pierce College undertook a study to (1) examine major reasons for attrition; (2) determine reasons for student attendance at Pierce; (3) determine the long-range effects of academic residence at Pierce for its students; and (4) experimentally determine the effects on retention of special treatment, through a "caring ombudsman." Each…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Age, Community Colleges
