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Hirano-Nakanishi, Marsha J.; Diaz, R. Leticia – 1982
Little has been done to analyze the forces that predict whether high-risk students will stay in school or drop out. Current and retrospective data from 27 high-risk youths were studied to shed light on this problem and to suggest ways of improving educational services. The at-risk students were from low socioeconomic backgrounds, were Mexican…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Bilingual Students, Case Studies, Cohort Analysis
Maxwell, Nan L.; Rubin, Victor – 2001
The outcomes and implementation of career academy programs in California were examined in a study of one school district's efforts to implement a uniform career academy model in 1990-1996. A cohort of approximately 10,000 students who were sophomores in the district's comprehensive high schools between 1990 and 1993 were followed through high…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Career Academies, Career Education