Outlines the public relations techniques used by the Saginaw, Michigan school district for a sustained public and staff information program. (Author/MLF)

The process of readmission of academically troubled students should be subjected to extensive critical analysis. The human resources represented by the college academic dropout, often overlooked in the past should be reclaimed and channeled into productive areas. (Author)

"An early learning program where children are free to select the materials for their own education and where peer teaching is actively promoted." Part of a longer special report available from: Grade Teacher Reprints, 23 Leroy Ave., Darien, Conn. 06820. (No. 91291, 75J) (Author/AP)

Factors that cause students to leave school and ways of dealing with these problems are discussed. (CK)

The University of Akron, a major urban university, has experienced unusually high attrition rates for students enrolled in the two largest colleges. The university has attempted to meet this problem by committee recommendations and questionnaire/demographic data gathering and analysis, which has resulted in some success. (Author/RC)

Reviews research on the characteristics of the dropout (relationships, socioeconomic status, attitudes, behavior, school performance); the economic and social costs of dropping out; and current efforts for dropout assistance or dropout prevention. (SJL)

Studies social personality types and assesses the relationship of Holland's secondary construct of consistency to persistence in college and academic achievement. Results indicated that, for both persisters and nonpersisters in college, subjects with higher levels of consistency achieve higher college grade point averages than subjects with lower…

Using a randomized two group pre-test/post-test research design, the study found that (1) significant results occurred on those variables measuring levels of vocational maturity, days of school attendance, and numbers of disciplinary referrals and (2) non-significant results occurred on those variables measuring proportions of students dropping…

Describes the Youth Opportunity Program at the Central Islip, New York, Psychiatric Center and evaluates its effectiveness in preventing school dropout and providing career training. (ST)

Advocates collecting student background, needs, and goals data to match students with appropriate programs and thereby counteract the high dropout rate. Uses medical analogies, in which each case is "curable," but only after assessing all relevant information. Descries the lack of dropout research and suggests a prescriptive admissions policy. (JG)

Examines the academic trajectories of a cohort of grade 8 students. Results showed that students are most likely to drop out during the first three months of the calendar year, which indicates that this is a critical time for students that demands a collaborative response across schools to support students as they make the transition from middle…

Results from a study of students from two high schools indicate that by using data from students' permanent records, dropouts could be differentiated with 66 percent accuracy in third grade and with 85 percent accuracy by ninth grade. School-attending nongraduates could be identified with 77 percent accuracy by ninth grade. (IAH)

Dayton (Ohio) Public Schools have two new programs for potential dropouts, called University Prep Program and New Options for Work, that take the students out of classes with younger students and treat them as the young adults they are. (MLF)