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RAY, CHARLES K.; AND OTHERS – 1962
DETERMINATIONS WERE MADE OF THE DROPOUT RATE AMONG NATIVE ALASKAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND THE VARIOUS REASONS FOR FAILURE TO FINISH SCHOOL. THE STUDY SAMPLE WAS DRAWN FROM NINE ALASKAN HIGH SCHOOLS WITH OVER ONE-HALF NATIVE STUDENT ENROLLEES. NATIVES WERE DEFINED AS PERSONS BEING ONE-FOURTH OR MORE ESKIMO, INDIAN, OR ALEUT. APPROXIMATELY 1,200…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Alaska Natives, Aspiration, Colleges
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
Download full textOffice of Economic Opportunity, Washington, DC. – 1972
The document seeks to identify the issues, programs, and resources most relevant to Youth Development Programs (YDPs) engaged in education programs. YDPs, under the direction of the Office of Economic Opportunity, are designed to help disadvantaged youth while involving them in establishing and operating youth councils and various program…
Descriptors: After School Education, After School Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Programs
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1970
Research studies for use in planning, administering, and improving the in-school, summer, and out-of-school programs of the Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) were reviewed. Findings were analyzed from those studies that surveyed individual NYC projects or specific elements and those that attempted to develop and test ways to solve problems. Some…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Clifford, Jack W.; And Others – 1969
Prepared by instructors and curriculum specialists, this course of study was designed to meet the individual needs of the dropout and/or hard-core unemployed youth by providing training as a service station attendant and light automotive maintenance mechanic. The achievement level of each student is determined at entry, and small instructional…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Attendants, Auto Mechanics, Course Descriptions
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1974
In January 1970, the Department of Labor restructured its Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) out-of-school program and made age limits for entering the program more restrictive. Education, skill training, and work experience were emphasized. The restructured NYC-2 program was carried out in urban or growth areas, but the original NYC-1 program was…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Organizations, Dropout Programs, Federal Programs
Lipton, Lawrence A. – 1974
The Edison Project, funded under Title VIII of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, has as its major objectives the reduction of the dropout rate, the increasing of the average daily attendance, the improvement of basic skills, and the development of career awareness. The project has been established as an annex to Edison High School, an…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Arizona State Industrial School, Ft. Grant. Dept. of Vocational Education. – 1973
This document consists of vocational education teaching aids that originated in a special needs summer workshop at Arizona State Industrial School; the units are aimed at the potential dropout/special needs type of student (rather than the handicapped) who because of cultural, psychological, or aptitudinal reasons is not able to operate on a…
Descriptors: Dropout Programs, Educational Media, Farm Labor, Floriculture
McCarthy, James; Syropoulos, Mike – 1972
The primary objectives of the Continuing Education of Girls Who Must Leave School Because of Pregnancy Project (CEG), which is funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, are to reduce the percentage of female dropouts from Detroit schools via the enrollment of 110 pregnant girls in the project, to have the enrolled girls…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Counseling Services, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Sheridan School District 2, Englewood, CO. – 1972
Project Outreach, funded under Title VIII of Public Law 90 - 247, is designed to introduce basic and widespread changes in Sheridan School District organization, curriculum offerings, pupil services, and teacher training. By concentrating on meeting the total needs of all students, most specifically alienated youth who are potential dropouts and…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Educational Administration
Gran, James R. – 1973
A comparative study was made of responses to the four-year followup questionnaires of the classes of 1967-68-69 of Jackson County Adult Evening High School. The purposes were to reveal any significant differences between classes in their responses, to answer questions concerning the benefits received by high school graduation, and to obtain…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Comparative Analysis, Continuation Education
Beeler, Kent D. – Journal of the National Association of College Admissions Counselors, 1976
Institutions need to identify new ways to facilitate the return and adaption of students to higher education and its environment. The purpose of this article is to propose the Student Reentry Center as a timely and feasible plan to assist and encourage students in their reenrollment for academic study. (Author/NG)
Descriptors: Admissions Counseling, Adult Students, College Admission, College Bound Students
Peer reviewedJones, Bruce Anthony – Educational Research Quarterly, 1996
The study of four community-based organizations (CBOs) participating in the Attendance Improvement Dropout Prevention program in New York City illustrates that it is important to distinguish among the characteristics of CBOs when schools think about forming collaboratives with them. CBOs may serve very different purposes for school needs. (SLD)
Descriptors: Attendance, Community Organizations, Cooperation, Dropout Prevention
Cutter, Milo – Phi Delta Kappan, 1996
Supported by Saint Paul and the Northern States Power Company, two Minnesota secondary teachers developed a pilot program, the Power League, aimed at returning 16- to 21-year olds to school. The City Academy grew out of students' requests for individual learning plans, an intimate learning community, and a sound school restructuring rationale.…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Dropout Programs, Educational Innovation, High Risk Students
Peer reviewedDarinskii, A. V. – Russian Education and Society, 1992
Reviews the history of night schools that provide secondary equivalency programs in the Soviet Union and Russia. Asserts that now is the appropriate time to make changes in the objectives and curriculum of these programs. Recommends that the curriculum be more differentiated so that a wider range of students can be served and broader educational…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Programs, Dropouts
