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Download full textFingerhut, Eric D. – Ohio Board of Regents, 2008
If the State of Ohio is to grow and prosper, it must raise the education level of its population. The goal of this 10-year strategic plan is to raise the educational attainment of the state each year, and to close the gap between Ohio and competitor states and nations. To accomplish this goal, stakeholders must do three things: (1) Graduate more…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Strategic Planning, Human Capital, Educational Attainment
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Direct linkNowakowski, Joseph – College Student Journal, 2006
Early assessment grades are recorded and distributed each semester to selected students at Muskingum College. The assumption is that students will take adverse signals and respond positively, leading to fewer academic difficulties and higher retention. This paper examines the validity of such assumptions by considering the probability that an…
Descriptors: Probability, Grades (Scholastic), Academic Ability, Potential Dropouts
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. – 1983
This dropout prevention guide was designed to assist school districts in identifying potential dropouts and in developing and implementing programs that provide prevention, intervention, and remediation. The introductory section briefly reviews the purpose, design, and origin of this guide and recognizes national dropout concerns, the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts
Weisel, Laura P.; And Others – 1980
A study was conducted to identify the characteristics of high risk students in selected Ohio Adult Basic Education (ABE) programs, and to describe the characteristics of the programs in order to identify program characteristics related to the retention of participants. Nine programs, selected to represent programs of various sizes (small, medium,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Gorman, Carl V. – American Vocational Journal, 1978
Describes the Occupational Laboratory Achievement Program in Warren, Ohio, city schools designed to help vocational students, particularly disadvantaged youth, to acquire skills and maturity before being placed in the Ohio Occupational Work Experience program operated specifically for academically disadvantaged students. (MF)
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Educationally Disadvantaged, Nontraditional Education, Potential Dropouts
Shank, Jacqueline A.; McCracken, J. David – 1993
A study described the nontraditional adult students attending full-time, occupationally specific vocational training programs in Ohio. It also developed a dropout prediction model of enrolled students using sets of independent variables adapted from the Conceptual Model of Nontraditional Student Attrition and Persistence in Postsecondary…
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education, Dropout Research
Glaser, Roberta E.; Kley, Raymond C. – 1982
Ohio's Occupational Work Adjustment (OWA) program is a one- to two-year ungraded vocational program for fourteen- and fifteen-year-olds who have been identified as potential dropouts from the regular educational program. Begun on a pilot basis in 1967, OWA served over 80,000 students in 499 programs during the 1981-82 school year. The goal of OWA,…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Career Guidance, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
