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Hayward, Becky Jon; Tallmadge, G. Kasten – 1995
An evaluation was conducted of a 3-year demonstration program the purpose of which was to demonstrate the efficacy of projects that included vocational education as a key component in encouraging at-risk youth to remain in or return to school. Six of the 10 project grantees, funded under the Cooperative Demonstration Program of the Carl D. Perkins…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Demonstration Programs, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Gandara, Patricia, Ed.; Larson, Katherine; Mehan, Hugh; Rumberger, Russell – CLPP Policy Report, 1998
This paper reports on three projects in California that have attempted to stem the tide of Latino dropouts and increase the college-going rates of the Latino population. Each of these three programs has tested a set of strategies aimed at increasing the educational attainment of Latino students, who now make up the largest single ethnic group in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Bound Students, Dropout Prevention, Educational Attainment