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Download full textHowley, Caitlin; Johnson, Jerry; Passa, Aikaterini; Uekawa, Kazuaki – Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2014
The purpose of this study was to examine the college enrollment and persistence rates of rural high schools in Pennsylvania; the types of postsecondary institutions in which students from such schools enroll; and the student, school, and college characteristics associated with enrollment and persistence outcomes. The study used extant data from…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, High School Students, College Bound Students, Postsecondary Education
Direct linkNeild, Ruth Curran; Stoner-Eby, Scott; Furstenberg, Frank – Education and Urban Society, 2008
Recent reports have demonstrated that the United States has a dropout crisis of alarming proportions. In some large-city school systems, more than 50% of students leave high school without a diploma. A large proportion of these dropouts have not accumulated enough credits to be promoted beyond ninth grade. Using survey and student record data for…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, High Schools, Dropout Rate, Dropouts
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. Div. of Advisory Services. – 1984
Although the level of funding for adult education programs in Pennsylvania was reduced from 1982-83 to 1983-84, progress was made in increasing the availability of adult basic education (ABE) programs throughout the State and in decreasing the overall rate of premature separations of students from ABE programs. Total hours of service to ABE…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Advisory Committees, Compensation (Remuneration)
Cica, John T. – 1983
An administrative survey of Adult Basic Education (ABE) programs in Pennsylvania during fiscal 1982-83 indicated that, although the level of funding for adult education programs was reduced from 1981-82 and 1982-83, progress was made in increasing the availability of programs throughout the state. However, the rate of enrollees who dropped out of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Advisory Committees
Sable, Jennifer; Young, Beth Aronstamm – National Center for Education Statistics, 2003
This publication provides descriptive information about the 100 largest school districts in the United States. Almost one in every four public school students in this nation is served by one of these large districts. They are distinguished from the average district by characteristics, in addition to sheer size, such as pupil-teacher ratios, high…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Districts, Elementary Schools, Secondary Schools
