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Public/Private Ventures, Philadelphia, PA. – 1989
This document summarizes the findings of a study of the reasons why some at-risk youth persist in special programs while others drop out. Information was gathered from 16 focus group sessions comprised of both "persisters" and "leavers" from in-school remedial programs and out-of-school youth service corps. The findings,…
Descriptors: Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts
Lamping, Robert – 1988
Indiana University of Pennsylvania provided a federally funded program at two area vocational technical schools (AVTSs) to alleviate the student dropout problem in northwest Pennsylvania. Two programs of different emphasis were arranged--a program for out-of-school youth aged 16 to 21 at Indiana County AVTS and a program for in-school growth at…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts
Jackson, Cheryl D. – 1987
Many youth face the following educational and economic barriers to success: (1) increased high school dropout rates; (2) adolescent pregnancy; (3) chronic unemployment; (4) poverty; (5) drug abuse; (6) suicide; and (7) crime and delinquency. The Atlantic Community College (New Jersey) Youth Corps Program, a successful conservation and service…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Planning, Community Services, Dropout Programs
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Local summer programs funded under the Summer Youth Employment and Training Program have added assessment of educational deficiencies and remedial education to their work experience programs, but the number of disadvantaged youth served and the intensity of the programs varied greatly. Evaluation data were gathered by telephone interviews with…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Economically Disadvantaged
Higgins, Catherine – 1988
High attrition from programs for at-risk youth suggest that planners are not assessing interventions from the consumers' perspective. Some disadvantaged youth join and complete programs (persisters), while others from the same communities either fail to join or drop out (leavers). Participants in two in-school remedial programs and two…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Discussion Groups, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1980
This document consists of transcripts of testimony presented at Congressional hearings concerning Title II of the Youth Act of 1980. The provisions of the act include extending the authorization of youth training and employment programs and improving such programs; extending the authorization of the private sector initiative program; and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Black Youth, Disadvantaged Youth
