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Grannis, Joseph; And Others – 1988
This evaluation of the second-year (1986-87) implementation of the New York City (New York) Dropout Prevention Initiative (DPI) in 13 high schools focuses on student characteristics and outcomes, with a discussion of a set of statistical data on program services, findings on school-level indicators of program effectiveness, and an analysis of…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs, Dropout Prevention
Download full textShore, Rima, Ed.; And Others – 1981
Project KANPE is a bilingual education program designed to help talented/gifted Haitian high school students of limited English proficiency to acquire second language proficiency while developing their academic skills to the fullest and to prepare them for early entry into mainstream honor classes. The program seeks to accomplish this goal by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Attendance, Bilingual Education Programs
Gittman, Elizabeth; Plumer, Davenport – 1996
The undergraduate population at the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), an open enrollment four-year commuter college, is highly vulnerable to attrition. Fifty-two percent of the students enrolled between July 1, 1991 and July 1, 1995 either did not graduate after 4 years or did not return to school. In response, the college has developed…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Educational Attainment
Peer reviewedKozma, Robert B.; Croninger, Robert G. – Education and Urban Society, 1992
Discusses ways that media and technology facilitate learning. Considers cognitive, motivational, and social needs of at-risk students; underlying causes of school failure; ways technology might improve at-risk students' learning; how technology might facilitate school restructuring; and ways schools must be restructured to increase the effective…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Computer Uses in Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Grannis, Joseph C.; And Others – 1993
The Community Achievement Project in the Schools (CAPS) is a public-private partnership between the United Way of New York City and the New York City Board of Education. As part of a dropout prevention initiative, CAPS is designed to integrate the services of community-based organizations and schools. The Teachers College of Columbia University…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Organizations, Cooperation, Disadvantaged Youth
San Diego County Office of Education, CA. – 1991
The Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) program is designed for grades 6 through 12, prepares students most underrepresented in secondary education for four-year college, and restructures the teaching methodology of an entire school to make college preparatory curricula accessible to almost all students. To achieve this goal, school…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Black Students, College Preparation
Des Moines Public Schools, IA. – 1991
The New Horizons Program provides supportive services such as counseling, attendance monitoring, career-related instruction, and work experience to dropout-prone students and their families in order to improve students' academic achievement and increase their graduation rate. Work experience, a major component of the program, helps students focus…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Career Education, Dropout Prevention
Cantalupo, Denise – 1993
Project PRIDE was an Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title VII-funded project in its fourth year of operation at Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn (New York). In the 1992-93 school year, the project served 251 students of limited English proficiency. Participating students received instruction in English as a second language (ESL),…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Dropout Prevention, English (Second Language), High School Students
Dougherty, Van; And Others – 1989
This paper examines current practice for youth at risk of not successfully making the transition to adulthood in six urban secondary schools. It describes the major elements of at-risk policies and programs and raises concerns about the strategies currently in place at the sites. The following strategies are discussed: (1) curriculum and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Atondo, Angelo; And Others – 1986
Puente Projects are currently operating at 10 community colleges in California to increase retention, general education requirements completion, and transfer among Hispanic community college students. Puente integrates the skills of an English teacher, a Hispanic counselor, and Hispanic professionals acting as mentors to promote academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affirmative Action, College English, Community Colleges
Tees, Sandra; And Others – 1984
Coordinated Vocational Academic Education (CVAE) is offered at three middle schools in the Fort Worth Independent School District, Texas. Courses in automobile mechanics, cosmetology, and home and community services are provided for potential dropout students who meet specific criteria: (1) low achievement; (2) inadequate communication skills;…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Attendance Patterns, Cohort Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth
Lindholm, Michael; Jones, Roger C. – 1980
This study evaluated the effectiveness of school district participation in CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) youth programs in Box Elder and Cache Counties, Utah, as well as the overall effectiveness of CETA youth programs administered by the Bear River Association of Governments. For three years, the Bear River Association of…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts, Employee Attitudes
Diaz, William; And Others – 1980
Through August, 1979, approximately 63,000 low-income youths in 17 areas across the country had been enrolled in Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects that guaranteed 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…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
Schmitt, Lisa – Online Submission, 2003
This report summarizes results of AISD's State Compensatory Education programs for at-risk students in 2001-2002.
Descriptors: State Programs, Compensatory Education, At Risk Students, High School Students
Roman, Elliott M. – 1994
In 1993-94 the Career Awareness Program for Bilingual Haitian and Hispanic Students (Project CAP) was in its fifth and final year as an Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title VII project. Project CAP operated at two high schools in Brooklyn (New York), serving 136 Haitians at one and an undetermined number of Spanish-speaking and Haitian…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Career Development, Dropout Prevention, English (Second Language)
