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Higgins, Catherine – 1988
High attrition from programs for at-risk youth suggest that planners are not assessing interventions from the consumers' perspective. Some disadvantaged youth join and complete programs (persisters), while others from the same communities either fail to join or drop out (leavers). Participants in two in-school remedial programs and two…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Discussion Groups, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Programs
Download full textD'Amico, Joseph J.; Kershner, Keith M. – 1984
Research for Better Schools (RBS) has operated INROADS, a career development program for minority youth, for 13 years and the High School Academies, a work-study program aimed at potential high school dropouts, for 14 years. RBS found that a new approach to educational research and development was needed when working in partnership with the…
Descriptors: Career Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention, Educational Development
Presseisen, Barbara Z. – 1987
A study examined the cognitive development of at-risk students (those who have experienced difficulty or failure in their careers as learners), focusing on such groups as potential drop-outs, minority children, and disabled students (dsylexic or non-English speaking), as well as teaching thinking to this same student population. Although research…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Failure, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes
Shapira, R., Ed.; And Others – 1981
Issues and developments concerning the education of Israeli youth in residential schools are summarized in this report of a seminar which brought together educators from the United States and Israel. The first part of the report describes the residential school and gives its history as both part of a long tradition, and as it particularly evolved…
Descriptors: Boarding Schools, Compensatory Education, Disabilities, Disadvantaged Youth
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. National Center for Research in Vocational Education. – 1981
This document presents five winning entries in the second annual competition for papers reporting research and policy studies on the topic of youth employability. In their paper entitled "The Impact of Employment and Training Programs on the Work Attitudes of Disadvantaged Youth," Michael Forcier and Andrew Hahn review and synthesize the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Definitions, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Potential
Lyons, Margaret F.; Whitebear, Anthony M. – 1978
System Development Corporation conducted an extensive project of conceptualization and planning of models for compensatory educational intervention for disadvantaged youth at the secondary and postsecondary levels. One of the initial steps in the planning process was the identification of components in programs presently being implemented in the…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Compensatory Education, Counseling Services, Disadvantaged Youth
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1978
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 16 titles deal with the following topics: effects of focus of prescription on remedial readers' reading achievement; a parent tutorial reading skills packet; effects of leadership training for Right to Read directors; methods for…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Beginning Reading, Compensatory Education, Cross Age Teaching
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1980
This document records testimony on youth employment and welfare reform jobs given before a U.S. Senate subcommittee in March, 1980. The testimony concerns the Carter Administration's proposed legislation for youth employment programs for Fiscal Years 1981-82. Issues raised include funding; effectiveness of current programs, such as the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Blacks, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts
Brown, Esther – 1975
This is the report of a project designed to bring a coordinated service program to rural disadvantaged by providing career cluster workshops for youth and marriage and family counseling for families. In the first of three chapters the summary, purpose, objectives, rational, and literature review are presented. Two project purposes are to assess…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Career Education, Career Exploration
Riley, Marcia G.; And Others – 1979
A final report of a study to evaluate Developmental Occupational Programs in Kentucky takes the form of a planning document for use by advisory councils, parents, teachers, administrators, regional directors, and state personnel. A brief introduction discusses these special vocational programs which provide (1) instruction to enable disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Background, Career Choice
Prentice, Dinah, Ed. – 1979
This report represents the work of a national task force on youth employment policy convened to identify and address the basic educational issues generated by the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act (YEDPA), part of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA). It is organized around the broad problem areas of concern to the…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Career Education, Career Guidance, Cooperative Planning
Pyecha, J. N.; And Others – 1975
The Office of Education's Talent Search program is designed to: (a) identify needy youths with exceptional potential and encourage them to complete secondary school and undertake further education; (b) publicize student financial aid; and (c) encourage dropouts of demonstrated aptitude to reenter educational programs. The Talent Search program…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Counseling Services, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
Nordloh, Mary J. – 1973
The guide is one of a series of 10 units composing an orientation to the world of work course designed especially for disadvantaged and handicapped students in the ninth and tenth grades. It is designed to provide basic and remedial instruction in personal development, math, and language skills while providing information and skills basic or…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Development, Career Education, Career Guidance
Atkins, Oscar T.; Delaney, Judith – 1973
The guide is one of a series of 10 units composing an orientation to the world of work course designed especially for disadvantaged and handicapped students in the ninth and tenth grades. It is designed to provide basic and remedial instruction in personal development, math, and language skills while providing information and skills basic or…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Development, Career Education, Career Guidance
Kentucky Research Coordinating Unit, Lexington. – 1976
Excerpts and summaries of project reports presented at a 1-day seminar for educational researchers and vocational educators are included in this booklet. Project reports covered are (1) The Hardin County Research Project for Expanding the Present Vocational Experience Curriculum, which describes the occupational work orientation and exploration…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Education, Career Exploration, Career Guidance
