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Download full textUseem, Elizabeth L. – 1991
This paper describes the implementation of an innovative integrated approach to the delivery of services for disadvantaged youth in Massachusetts, and examines the fiscal, political, and organizational factors that led to its subsequent demise. Massachusetts was one of the first states to envision and implement a statewide system of coordinated…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, At Risk Persons, Business Cycles, Coordination
Shaughnessy, Michael F.; And Others – 1990
The problem of ill prepared college freshmen in remedial/developmental classes across the nation has significantly increased. At the same time, colleges and universities are increasingly concerned about college student retention. The study compared the belief structures of two groups: those enrolled in two remedial reading classes, and those…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Behavior Problems, College Freshmen, Dropout Prevention
Mizell, M. Hayes – 1987
South Carolina's first major dropout prevention initiative began two decades ago when leaders became more interested in the industrial development of the State. A 1966 study found that black youths were experiencing a dropout rate of 72%, while that of white youth was 48%. Statewide efforts taken in the early 1970's to alleviate this problem were…
Descriptors: Black Students, Data Collection, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts
Van Patten, James J.; Chen, Ge – 2002
Regardless of all its shortcomings, the Internet is essential in student retention and learning for at-risk students, homebound students, placebound employees, and for assisting workers on and off the job to maintain and upgrade their skills. The search for integrating the Internet to provide ease of accessing information with strategies that…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education
Baker, Anita M.; Weinbaum, Alexandra T. – 1992
A study was done to describe the development of seven alternative schools for youth who dropped out of high school or who were at risk of doing so on the model of a Brooklyn (New York) alternative school, High School Redirection. The replication demonstration took place in the 1988-89 and 1989-90 school years in Cincinnati (Ohio), Denver…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Bernal, Jesse R.; Villarreal, Diana – 1990
This paper discusses an effective model of systematic staff development focusing on prevention and intervention strategies used with at-risk students. The following are key elements: (1) matching of the purposes of training to the goals of the school districts; (2) multiple and integrated activities; (3) participants' thorough orientation to the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Dropout Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
Ledebur, Gary W.; Lawer, Jo Ann R. – 1990
In 1984 the Pennsylvania Department of Education notified school districts that they could not deny pregnant or parenting students an education; could not put them on homebound instruction in the absence of medical conditions; and could not place them involuntarily in segregated alternative programs. The state supplied additional funds to start…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Dropout Prevention, Early Parenthood, High Schools
Lomotey, Kofi – 1990
The retention of African-American students on college campuses is examined in this study conducted at Oberlin College, Ohio, a school which has been fairly successful in retaining African-American students over the past 20 years. The study addressed the needs of African-American students by looking at the college's institutional symbols. In…
Descriptors: Black Students, Black Studies, College Environment, College Students
Ruben, Ann Moliver – 1986
Good teachers leave teaching not because pay is low but because of poor working conditions and too little recognition. Since students can be strongly affected by teachers, teachers who feel negatively about themselves can adversely affect students. A five-evening workshop was developed in Dade County, Florida to boost teachers' self-esteem and to…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Dropout Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education, Negative Attitudes
Schoorman, Dilys – 2001
This paper describes and examines the effectiveness of a project undertaken by Florida's Palm Beach County school system to provide community based support services and to facilitate a community-school partnership in order to enhance the educational achievement of immigrant students, specifically those with limited English proficiency. The project…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Dropout Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education, High Risk Students
Haenn, Joseph F. – 1997
The Durham Public Schools Communities in Schools (CIS) Academy provides a student-centered environment that encourages high-risk students to remain in school and get back on track for graduation. Program operations began in January 1995. This paper presents the results of an evaluation of the first semester of operations (the second semester of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Dropout Prevention, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Worrell, Frank C. – 1996
This study examined the impact of variables related to competence and identity as protective factors in a group of at-risk dropouts and at-risk graduates of high school. Participants consisted of 99 at-risk students (35 females and 64 males) drawn from a continuation high school in an urban school district and 24 high school students (9 female and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research, High Risk Students
Rozema, Hazel; Weldy, Eric – 1993
A study examined the kinds of skills that minority students felt prepared them for college and helped them to succeed. All 80 minority students enrolled at Illinois' Millikin University (enrollment, 1,800 students) were interviewed for 20 to 30 minutes each. Results indicated that: (1) students reported that English composition/writing classes,…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Dropout Prevention, Higher Education, Interpersonal Communication
Stout, Betty; And Others – 1990
Texas ranks among the top 10 states for school dropouts with an annual dropout rate of about 30%. Some dropout prevention programs are incorporating community service components as a means to counter the alienation and low self-esteem frequently seen among dropouts and at-risk students. Significant adults other than school personnel provide youth…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, High Risk Students, Intergenerational Programs, Older Adults
Diem, Richard A. – 1991
This paper describes a study of at-risk secondary school students and the outcomes of the school-based interventions they were involved with. Information was gathered from 28 Black, Hispanic, and White students through field notes and audio recordings. The students came from homes with a low-average educational attainment and themselves had…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Counseling Services, Disadvantaged Environment, Dropout Prevention
