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Download full textMansbach, Sara Currie – 1993
The program goal of family literacy is to use early intervention to break the cycle of illiteracy perpetuated by parents' undereducation. This paper describes family literacy as a dropout prevention strategy that should be most heavily concentrated on the prenatal through 8-year-old child; a child ready for school is less likely to become a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Cooperative Programs
California State Univ., Long Beach. Inst. for Teaching and Learning. – 1993
This final report summarizes activities of a subcommittee of the Committee on Educational Policy of the Board of Trustees of the California State University (CSU) which examined CSU's relationship to the public schools. Introductory material discusses CSU's educational mission and the background of this effort to strengthen the link with…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Literacy, College School Cooperation, Cooperative Programs
Southard, Margarida F. – 1991
Results of a process evaluation of dropout prevention programs in the Leon County (Florida) School District during the school year 1989-90 are presented. Altogether, 11 dropout programs were operationalized in that school year. The methodology used for developing a problem and benefit survey among teachers and administrators, the results of the…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrators, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Baecher, Richard E.; Cicchelli, Theresa – 1992
A case study was done of the Stay-in-School Partnership (SSP) between Fordham University (Bronx) and New York City Public School Districts in East Harlem and the South Bronx with high minority student concentrations. In particular, 3 to 5 elementary schools participated, including 120 children spanning kindergarten through grade 5 and their…
Descriptors: Black Students, Case Studies, College School Cooperation, Disadvantaged Youth
Des Moines Public Schools, IA. – 1991
The Des Moines Public Schools' New Horizons Program provides supportive services such as counseling, attendance monitoring, career-related instruction, and work experience to dropout-prone high school students and their families in order to improve students' school achievement and increase their graduation rate. Program services make it possible…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Budgets, Dropout Prevention, Economically Disadvantaged
Hill, Lola L. – 1992
This two-part document describes the background and development of "Role Models Are Real People," a speakers' program for at-risk American Indian students, grades 6-8, in Chicago. The first part of the document includes the program proposal, outlining dropout statistics and other data showing reason for concern about American Indian…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Students, Class Activities
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1991
This Education for Self Responsibility (ESR) curriculum guide is designed to help students learn to make intelligent decisions about health and well being, and to act responsibly when confronted with opportunities to try drugs. The program focuses on ways in which Grades 4-6 teachers can emphasize: personal development; interpersonal relations;…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Class Activities, Discussion Groups, Drug Education
Brown, Patricia R.; Amsler, Mary – Policy Briefs, 1992
This newsletter issue focuses on the directions school/college partnerships need to take if they are to contribute to a genuine reform of American education. It begins by explaining what each sector gains, then briefly describes current models, and highlights programs that can serve as guideposts. It concludes with a discussion of how policymakers…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, College School Cooperation, Colleges, Dropout Prevention
Gonzalez, Gerardo M., Ed.; Clement, Vonnie V., Ed. – 1994
This publication presents four major research papers on college campus substance abuse prevention and research with reviews of the papers by practitioners in the substance abuse prevention field. Following a Preface and Introduction, the first paper is "Theories, Dominant Models, and the Need for Applied Research" by Gerardo M. Gonzalez.…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Campuses, College Environment, College Students
Wilkinson, David; And Others – 1993
This report presents information on the effectiveness, including cost effectiveness, of many programs of the Austin (Texas) Independent School District (AISD). In 1991-92, the AISD Office of Research and Evaluation (ORE) reviewed 85 programs or program components. Cost effectiveness was calculated for 18 programs using an achievement effect…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, Class Size, Compensatory Education
Collier, Walter V.; And Others – 1987
Through Project Learning through Industry and Volunteer Educators (Project LIVE), the Children's Aid Society has been addressing problems of literacy and school dropout in an educational partnership between junior high schools in New York City and a number of major corporations. LIVE brings together junior high school students (grades 7 and 8) who…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs, Corporate Support, Dropout Prevention
Tinto, Vincent – 1993
This book provides a synthesis of wide-ranging research on student attrition at American colleges and universities and outlines actions that institutions can and should take to reduce attrition. The key to effective retention is shown to lie in a strong commitment to quality education and the building of a strong sense of inclusive educational and…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Environment, Colleges, Cultural Differences
Higgins, Catherine; And Others – 1991
This report presents an independent evaluation of E. Lang's I Have a Dream (IHAD) model intervention for disadvantaged youth as it has been implemented in three schools in the Greater Washington (District of Columbia) area. Sixty IHAD participants are randomly selected as they enter sixth or seventh grade for higher education tuition guarantees…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
Arkansas State Univ., Beebe. – 1991
The Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU) program was created to prevent at-risk students from low-income families from dropping out of high school. Students aged 14 or 15 years old entering 9th or 10th grade went to a college campus for 60 days during the summer to attend English and mathematics classes, work 20 hours per week, and receive…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Compensatory Education, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Vocational Instructional Materials Lab. – 1991
This Ohio Competency Analysis Profile (OCAP), derived from a modified Developing a Curriculum (DACUM) process, is a current comprehensive and verified employer competency program list for machine trades. Each unit (with or without subunits) contains competencies and competency builders that identify the occupational, academic, and employability…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Business Administration, Competence, Competency Based Education
