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Download full textMcGee, Elizabeth A.; Archer, Elayne – 1988
This report describes a survey, conducted winter 1987-88, of policies, practices, programs, and plans for pregnant and parenting students in nine urban school districts. Interviews were conducted with administrators in superintendents' offices, in dropout prevention planning, and in programs for pregnant and parenting students. Among the findings…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Agency Cooperation, Ancillary School Services
Chicago Panel on Public School Policy and Finance, IL. – 1986
This study sought to determine whether there is a set of in-school factors which might help explain the differences in dropout rates among schools with very similar student bodies. The study was designed as an in-depth ethnographic examination of four pairs of Chicago (Illinois) public high schools. One school in each pair had a high dropout rate…
Descriptors: Attendance, Black Students, Discipline, Dropout Characteristics
Natriello, Gary, Ed. – 1986
This book collects articles that examine the patterns of dropping out evident among American youth, and the policies developed and implemented to reduce the incidence of dropping out. The following chapters (and their authors) are included: (1) Introduction (G. Natriello); (2) Can We Help Dropouts? Thinking about the Undoable (D. Mann); (3) Large…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate
McMullan, Bernard J.; Snyder, Phyllis – 1987
The results of a study of school/business partnerships is reported. This privately funded national study was an assessment of collaborations attempting to increase the effectiveness of public schools. Qualitative research techniques were employed to study the components and structures of the programs and to assess student outcomes. The following…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Business, Dropout Prevention, Educational Change
Chapman, Bernadine S. – 1982
This report presents the Academic Retention and Talent Retrieval components of the Special Services Program at Northern Illinois University. The support structures are described in detail, including: CHANCE counseling, which assists students with academic and financial planning, personal growth, peer tutoring, and career counseling; and the Talent…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Counseling, College Students, Dropout Prevention
Self, Timothy C. – 1985
This report reviews the research literature from 1975-1983 on potential secondary school dropouts and strategies for effective dropout prevention programs. The information provided is intended to help communities in modifying and/or constructing treatment programs for potential dropouts. The report is divided into three sections. In the first…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
City Univ. of New York, Flushing, NY. Queens Coll. – 1984
Operation Success is a pilot project funded by the New York State Education Department to provide support services to high school dropouts and potential dropouts. It offers programs, including employment programs, intended to develop skills, self-awareness and self-direction, enourage career goals, and develop appropriate attitudes toward the…
Descriptors: Attendance, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Hershey, David E. – Business Officer, 1981
The interrelation of enrollment, marketing, and retention, and implications for enrollment management planning at the postsecondary level are considered. Factors that will likely affect enrollment in the 1980s include sources of support for private institutions; increased federal controls, including legislation for veterans and financial aid; and…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Admissions Counseling, College Attendance, College Bound Students
Hawkins, Joseph A., Jr.; Bartlett, Joan C. – 1978
More than 50 college students participated in an investigation of the extent to which content area study skills programs influenced the attrition rates and grade point averages of health science students whose performance was marginal. Two experimental study skills programs were developed. In the first, 11 students were placed in a "how to study…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Content Area Reading, Dropout Prevention
Jackson, Carla – 1978
The relationship between academic advising and student attrition was examined at a private liberal arts college. A cohort analysis of students entering the college between 1971 and 1975 indicated that faculty members in the first year of their contracts had relatively more of their new student advisees subsequently withdraw than did the same…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), College Faculty, College Students, Dropout Prevention
Stevenson, James A. – 1979
A number of sources have focused upon the lower socio-economic category of community college students and their success in completing a four-year college program. Some are pessimistic, claiming that very low percentages of two-year college students ever graduate from four-year college programs, and that most who drop out are from low income…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Community Colleges, Developmental Programs
Lieblong, Burl W.; McLendon, Don
A project was designed to identify student needs contributing to high vocational technical school dropout rates and to develop strategies for effective rate reduction. Project staff objectives were to (1) identify problems impeding potential dropouts from training success, (2) alleviate potential dropouts' critical needs, (3) implement meaningful…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate
Des Moines Public Schools, IA. – 1968
EACH OF THE 22 COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROJECTS CONDUCTED IN THE DES MOINES, IOWA, PUBLIC SCHOOLS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR AND SUMMER IS SEPARATELY EVALUATED IN THIS REPORT. SOME OF THE PROJECTS CONCENTRATED ON INSTRUCTION IN READING, LANGUAGE ARTS, MATHEMATICS, HUMANITIES, OR PRACTICAL SCIENCE. OTHERS OFFERED SPECIAL SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES. A…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Dropout Prevention, Enrichment Activities, Handicapped Children
Ball, Joseph; And Others – 1980
The Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects were set up to aid disadvantaged youths, ages 16 to 19, by guaranteeing them a part-time job during the school year and a full-time job during summer months on the condition that they remain in, or return to, a secondary school or enroll in an equivalent education program. The program was started in…
Descriptors: Definitions, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
Lieberman, Janet E. – 1979
Designed as an alternative program to reduce absenteeism in four high schools in the Bronx, a career education and academic upgrading experiment placed sixty ninth graders in a special area of Bronx Community College. The students, recruited from among disadvantaged potential dropouts (mostly blacks and Hispanics), attended half-day sessions at…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Basic Skills, Blacks
