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Wells, Ruth Herman – 1992
This document is one of eight in a series of guides designed to help teach and counsel troubled youth. It focuses on the problems of students who are not interested in school and who may be considering dropping out of school. The problems associated with dropping out are explained and the need for an education is emphasized throughout the lessons.…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, High Risk Students, Potential Dropouts, Secondary Education
Download full textPeters, Otto – 1988
This article presents reflections on the high dropout rate at distance education universities in general and at the FernUniversitat in particular. The introduction outlines four reasons why the dropout rate should not be as high as it is. The first chapter--on general aspects--addresses problems of definition of dropout, the astounding differences…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research
Rasp, Alfred, Jr.; Johnson, Harry W., II – 1987
Alternative education programs have existed in Washington for several years, providing new ways to meet students' needs by increasing system capacities for flexibility and choice. This directory of the 125 schools that are currently providing this type of education details the following information about each: staffing, purpose of the program,…
Descriptors: Continuation Students, Dropout Prevention, Educational Opportunities, Nontraditional Education
Pauker, Jerome D.; And Others – 1988
This composition of related attendance studies of both Canada and the United States includes (1) a review of school attendance/nonattendance literature for 1975-86, the results, and a discussion involving the topics of nonattendance correlations, causes, and intervention; (2) a survey of compulsory school attendance legislation, the results, and a…
Descriptors: Attendance, Attendance Patterns, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Desnoyers, Jacqueline; Pauker, Jerome D. – 1988
Approaches to promote attendance and prevent nonattendance range from methods designed to help individual students with specific attendance problems, to programs aimed at the student bodies of entire school systems. The former approaches usually are well documented as to results, but raise questions regarding generalizability and applicability for…
Descriptors: Attendance, Attendance Patterns, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Flint, Wallace – 1988
Dropping out of school before high school graduation has re-emerged as a priority issue for professional and public debate and concern. Dropping out of school is viewed as a gradual process as the bond between student and school weakens, representing the final step that occurs after opportunities for intervention at earlier stages have been…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, High School Students, High Schools
Peer reviewedCottle, Thomas J. – National Elementary Principal, 1975
Discusses the use of disciplinary suspensions in United States public schools, emphasizing the higher suspension rate for minority children and the relationship between suspensions and dropping out of school. Presents the case history of one boy whose suspension for fighting eventually led him to quit school. (JG)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Discipline, Discipline Policy, Dropout Prevention
Braddock, Clayton – Southern Educ Rep, 1969
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention, Educational Counseling
Griffith, Robert E.; Dye, G. Floyd – Agr Educ Mag, 1969
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Program Descriptions, Secondary Education, Special Programs
HOYT, K.B.; VAN DYKE, L.A. – 1958
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT WERE TO IDENTIFY THE CHARACTERISTICS OF DROPOUTS AND OF PUPILS WHO PERSIST IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS, AND TO IDENTIFY THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SCHOOLS WITH HIGH AND LOW HOLDING POWER. INFORMATION WAS GATHERED FROM APPROXIMATELY 73 SCHOOLS OR 10 PERCENT OF THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN IOWA. THE STUDY CONSIDERED THE INDIVIDUAL…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research, Dropouts
LOPEZ, LEO – 1966
THE CALIFORNIA MCATEER ACT AUTHORIZED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A 2-YEAR PILOT PROJECT AIMED AT UNCOVERING METHODS OF ENCOURAGING CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN TO REMAIN IN SCHOOL UNTIL GRADUATION. SELECTION OF 16,000 DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS FROM 24 SCHOOL DISTRICTS WAS BASED UPON THE STUDENT'S SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUND, HIS ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL, AND…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Cultural Enrichment, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
Mitau, Theodore G. – 1968
A Minnesota State College Common Market (MSCCM) of education program to open the resources of all 6 state colleges and permit them to move freely within the state system was proposed. The program involves full transferability of all general education requirements, and those major requirements approved by the degree-granting college, for a minimum…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Dropout Prevention, Exchange Programs, Higher Education
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1973
After four years of operation, the Title VIII program of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act has been instrumental in reducing the number of school dropouts in target schools by 52 percent. This report describes in detail some of the successful educational practices operating within target schools in Alabama, California, Colorado,…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Federal Programs
Christensen, Frank A. – 1971
This paper describes an academic support program, developed and implemented at a liberal arts college, that has had a significant effect upon the retention of "high risk" students. Germane to its success and discussed in detail is the "Educational Diagnosis." Only after the accurate identification of academic barriers can a…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
Stier, William F., Jr. – 1971
The problem of student attrition at our colleges and universities has been a major concern of educators and parents alike for many years. This report has as the focal point the plight of the student-athlete in the dropout syndrome. A 5-page questionnaire designed to solicit information regarding selective screening procedures, detection of…
Descriptors: Athletes, College Students, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
