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Phillips, Gary – Today's Education, 1978
A followup study of students who participated in an anti-dropout program in high school reveals that it was successful. (JD)
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Followup Studies, Program Effectiveness, School Role
Hakanen, Lauri John – Phi Delta Kappan, 1978
Describes an alternative program designed to recapture dropouts and integrate them back into the regular school program. (IRT)
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Nontraditional Education, Program Descriptions
Peer reviewedFollick, Michael J.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1984
Examined the effects of an incentive procedure designed to decrease attrition in a behavioral worksite weight-loss intervention (N=48). The results indicated that the incentive procedure significantly decreased attrition. More participants in the incentive condition completed treatment (60 percent vs. 20 percent) and attended significantly more…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Dropout Prevention, Employees, Health Activities
Peer reviewedGoodyear, Rodney K. – Journal of Educational Research, 1974
Descriptors: Counseling, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts, Potential Dropouts
Lucas, Isidro – Rican, 1974
Article written in Spanish. Defines the term "dropout," discusses the characteristics and motivations of Puerto Rican school dropouts in Chicago, and outlines the problems in educating them. (Author/RJ)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate
Dauw, Edward G. – NASSP Bull, 1970
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Educational Research, Individualized Instruction
Peer reviewedPinkney, Irving – NASSP Bulletin, 1971
Descriptors: Adolescents, Dropout Prevention, Females, Males
Schuster, Marjorie – Clearning House, 1971
Descriptors: Course Content, Dropout Prevention, Educational Environment, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedLevy, Mildred B. – Comparative Education Review, 1971
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate, Primary Education
Tucker-Allen, Sallie – Nursing and Health Care, 1989
Examines losses--financial, personal, and more--suffered by the university, the student, and the profession when a minority student nurse drops out. Suggests possibilities to prevent such attrition. (Editor/JOW)
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Higher Education, Minority Groups, Nursing Education
Peer reviewedHunt, Mary Ellen; Meyers, Joel; Davies, Gwen; Meyers, Barbara; Grogg, Kathryn Rogers; Neel, John – Psychology in the Schools, 2002
Study addresses school violence and dropout and proposes that the underlying factor of school connectedness/school climate should guide preventive and intervention efforts. Principal components analysis revealed five distinct factors: school connectedness/positive school climate, causes of violence, causes of school dropout, interventions for drop…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Educational Environment, Needs Assessment, Prevention
Peer reviewedDoll, Beth; Hess, Robyn S. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2001
Introduces this special issue of the journal, describing the psychological scholarship that must underlie efforts of school psychologists to assist in drop-out prevention. Describes the complex understanding of high school completion that emerged from the Interdivisional Task Force on School Dropout Prevention, and the implications this has for…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research, High Schools, School Psychologists
Direct linkReese, Susan – Techniques Making Education and Career Connections, 2005
There are many reasons why students drop out of school, and therefore, it requires more than a single solution to prevent it from occurring. According to the National Dropout Prevention Center, career and technical education should be included as part of the overall solution. This article is divided into the following sections: A Model Program;…
Descriptors: Technical Education, Dropouts, Dropout Prevention, Education Work Relationship
Download full textHammond, Cathy; Linton, Dan; Smink, Jay; Drew, Sam – National Dropout Prevention Center/Network (NDPC/N), 2007
Communities In Schools (CIS) is the nation's fifth-largest youth-serving organization and the leading dropout prevention organization, delivering resources to nearly one million students in 3,250 schools across the country. To further their network-wide commitment to evidence-based practice, CIS collaborated with the National Dropout Prevention…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Risk, Dropout Programs, Dropout Prevention
Duckenfield, Marty, Ed. – National Dropout Prevention Center/Network (NDPC/N), 2007
The "National Dropout Prevention Newsletter" is published quarterly by the National Dropout Prevention Center/Network. This issue contains the following articles: (1) Knowledge Is Power; (2) Individual Risk Factors; (3) Program Profiles; (4) 20th Annual At-Risk FORUM; and (5) Dropout Early Warning Systems (Jay Smink) Regular sections include: (1)…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Risk, Dropout Prevention, Newsletters
