Descriptor
Source
Author
| Dixon, Donald A. | 1 |
| Frey, George T. | 1 |
| Green, Kenneth C. | 1 |
| MacMillan, Thomas F. | 1 |
| Olivier, Peggy | 1 |
| Velasquez, Patrick M. | 1 |
Publication Type
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 6 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 2 |
| Reports - Research | 2 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
| California | 6 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Frey, George T. – 1988
A concerted effort to pool resources and coordinate work by federal, state, and local educational agencies will be necessary to overcome the fragmentation that is occurring due to the current climate of changing demographics, increasing illiteracy, and the social effects of minorities in our schools. California has shown major changes in the…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Community Support, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Olivier, Peggy; And Others – 1989
The Special Needs Unit of the Career-Vocational Education Division, California State Department of Education, began sponsoring a secondary school project in 1985 to combat California's high dropout rate. Eight secondary school sites in six districts were selected to develop schoolwide, integrated, career-oriented curriculum that would use the…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Career Education, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Download full textDixon, Donald A. – 1992
This paper presents an analysis of a California state mandated effort to reduce dropout rates. In particular, the analysis looks at which program components and strategies are successful in increasing school holding power and what organizational and administrative factors are linked to the decision to actually implement the program as designed.…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Coordinators, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
MacMillan, Thomas F. – 1980
Research reports are cited in this examination of the applicability of the findings of a 1971 NORCAL Research Group student attrition study and Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) legislation to today's non-traditional student. After brief descriptions of the composite profile of the "high risk" student, which was developed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Dropout Prevention, Economically Disadvantaged
Velasquez, Patrick M. – 1996
Chicano student achievement remains low at virtually all stages of the educational pipeline but the low rates of postsecondary matriculation and persistence are especially alarming. Tinto (1993) has described student persistence in higher education as a longitudinal process of interaction between an individual student and his/her institutional…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, College Role, College Students
Green, Kenneth C. – 1981
A consortium program of eight private colleges in Southern California that focuses on student retention efforts is described. Each college has a retention task force consisting of faculty, administrators, student affairs staff, and students. A steering committee with one representative from each college, generally the dean of students, coordinates…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Students, Consortia, Data Collection
