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Academic Counseling and Its Impact on High-School Completion Rates: A Qualitative Study
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Barrow-Howard, Paula Melanie – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Over 1.2 million students drop out of high school yearly in the United States. That is one student every 26 seconds or an overwhelming 7,000 a day. About 25% of first-year high school students fail to graduate from high school on time, making this issue a primary concern for educators and stakeholders. The problem addressed in this study was that…
Descriptors: High School Students, Graduation, Time to Degree, Counseling
Another Look at the Drop Out Problem
Scales, Harry H. – J Educ Res, 1969
A survey of 194 California high schools.
Descriptors: Counseling, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate
THE EFFECTS OF A WORK PLAN ON THE RESUMPTION OF AN INTERRUPTED TASK.
BECHTEL, LELAND PETERMAN – 1965
A CONCEPT OF A TENSION SYSTEM IN A WORKING-MEMORY PLAN WAS STUDIED TO IMPLEMENT A COUNSELING APPROACH EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING THE RATE OF HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS. COLLEGE FRESHMEN AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS (178) WERE EQUALLY DIVIDED BETWEEN EXPERIMENTAL AND CONTROL GROUPS EQUATED ON AGE, CLASS, SEX, AND INTELLIGENCE. ALL SUBJECTS WERE INDIVIDUALLY…
Descriptors: College Students, Counseling, Dropout Prevention, High School Students
The Harding Prep Program: A Research and Demonstration Project Designed to Reduce the Dropout Rate in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Interim Report.
Greene, John F.; Gable, Robert K. – 1974
The report describes a program whose purpose is to minimize the student dropout rate through a comprehensive educational program located in a neighborhood center. The center is designed to provide effective academic training, related supervised employment, and allied support services. The program serves ninth grade students from Warren Harding…
Descriptors: Community Centers, Counseling, Demonstration Programs, Dropout Prevention
The Harding Prep Program: A Research and Demonstration Project Designed to Reduce the Dropout Rate in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Final Report.
Greene, John F.; Gable, Robert K. – 1974
This report is an evaluation of a program designed to minimize the student dropout rate through a comprehensive educational program located in a neighborhood center. The center provides academic training, related supervised employment, and allied support services. The program serves ninth grade students from Warren Harding High School in…
Descriptors: Community Centers, Counseling, Demonstration Programs, Dropout Prevention
New Horizons Program Planning/Evaluation Report for 1996-97.
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Sallade, Ronald – 1997
The New Horizons Program of the Des Moines (Iowa) Public Schools provides supportive services such as counseling, attendance monitoring, career-related instruction, work experience, and coordination with community agencies to dropout-prone students and their families to improve academic achievement and increase the graduation rate. Work…
Descriptors: Counseling, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention, Financial Support
Programs for Potential High-School Dropouts Give Them a Route to College.
Hirschorn, Michael W. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1987
A 24-city program called "Career Beginnings" designed to encourage students who might be on the verge of dropping out to finish high school and attend college is described. The program brings together colleges, high schools, and businesses in an effort to improve the prospects of disadvantaged high-school students. (MLW)
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Colleges, Counseling, Dropout Prevention
Selected Federal Education Programs That Can Help Middle and High School Students Get an Excellent Education
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Alliance for Excellent Education, 2006
This document presents a chart titled "Selected Federal Education Programs That Can Help Middle and High School Students Get an Excellent Education." It divides into five columns: (1) "No Child Left Behind" Programs (and Other Reauthorizations); (2) FY 2006 Final Appropriation; (3) FY 2007 Bush Budget; (4) FY 2007 House…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, High School Students, Middle School Students, School Districts
Project Adelante. Moving Onward to a Better Education.
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Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. – 1994
Project Adelante, established in 1988 at Kean College of New Jersey, is sponsored by the New Jersey Department of Higher Education, and is currently the only "College Bound" program targeting the Hispanic-American population. Adelante ("onward" in Spanish) aims to improve the high school graduation rate of Hispanic students and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Bound Students, Counseling, Dropout Prevention