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Connecting Dropouts to Career Pathways
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Saddler, Sterling; Tyler, Tiffany G.; Maldonado, Cecilia; Cleveland, Roger; Thompson, Lisa K. – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2011
There is a critical need to identify solutions to the unemployment of high school dropouts. When a student prematurely leaves school, the economic, social, and political impacts result in negative consequences for the individual and the community. Of the nearly 2.2 million students who drop out of high school every year in the United States,…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Vocational Education, High Schools, Vocational Rehabilitation
Assessing the Impact of Environment on Life Styles and Life Chances among out of School Youths in Lagos Metropolis
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Wahab, E. O.; Ajiboye, O. E.; Atere, A. A. – Educational Research and Reviews, 2011
This research is motivated as a result of rapid changes in the lifestyle of our youths and the increasing deterioration of their welfare in terms of the increase in the number of out of school youth in the country, high incidence of child participation in economic activities and incidence of street children in Nigeria. Although, many researches…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Poverty, Incidence, Child Welfare
Determining the Need for Vocational Counselling among Different Target Groups of Young People under 28 Years of Age in the European Community. Young People in Denmark and Their Need for Guidance. National Report.
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Maaloe, Inger – 1994
A study examined the vocational guidance services available to youth in Denmark. The study focused on the following: use of existing vocational guidance services (including services available through basic general education, the Youth Guidance Scheme, secondary education, vocational training, and higher education and through Denmark's Public…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Counseling Services, Dropouts
DEVELOPMENT OF A PROGRAM TO PREPARE DELINQUENTS, DISADVANTAGED YOUTHS AND SLOW LEARNERS FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION. FINAL REPORT.
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JEFFERY, C. RAY – 1967
THE SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL REHABILITATION OF HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS WITH DELINQUENT RECORDS WAS ATTEMPTED BY REINFORCING BEHAVIOR ASSOCIATED WITH ACADEMIC REMEDIATION, WORK PREPARATION, AND SOCIAL CONDUCT. OF THE 163 NEGRO YOUTHS WHO PARTICIPATED AT SOME TIME DURING THE PROGRAM, ONLY 42 WERE ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING WHEN THE PROGRAM TERMINATED, AND…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Black Youth, Community Attitudes, Community Organizations
Determining the Need for Vocational Counselling among Different Target Groups of Young People under 28 Years of Age in the European Community. Young People's Need for Vocational Guidance in Greece. The Young Population in General. Young People Who Leave School without Completing Compulsory Education. Young Women with No Skills Training.
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Zanni-Teliopoulou, Kassandra; Stathakopoulou, Penelope – 1994
A study examined the vocational guidance needs of young people in Greece. Available literature on the following topics was reviewed: transitions of young people to economically active life; available vocational guidance services; transitions of youth from education to work; youths who abandon compulsory education; and young women with…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Counseling Services