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Mueller, Michelle K. – 1993
The ALANA (Asian, Latin, African, and Native American) Mentoring Program was established at Saint Clair County Community College, in Port Huron, Michigan, to address the identity issues facing ALANA freshmen through peer mentoring. Mentors provide social and academic support, support students in thinking critically and role playing, and directly…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks
Crosby, Margaree S.; Owens, Emma M. – 1993
Educational practices in tracking and ability grouping are reviewed, and it is suggested that cooperative learning strategies are effective alternatives for students who need preparation for the challenges of citizenship in the future. Research studies have given rise to many criticisms of tracking, particularly as it relates to minorities,…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Alternative Assessment, Black Students
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. – 1992
The Commission on Vocational Education and Career Opportunities in the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) studied vocational education and career preparation activities in the DCPS and explored strategies for improving them. The study established that DCPS is failing to fulfill its career preparation mission. The problems of too many…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Career Guidance, Career Planning, Change Strategies
Green, Anson M. – 1998
The Culebra Road GED/JOBS (General Educational Development/Job Opportunities and Basic Skills) class provides recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) with remedial academic instruction, job preparedness training, and training in parenting skills. At the suggestion of one of its students, the class undertook a project that…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Class Activities, Dropout Prevention
Martinez, Paul; Munday, Felicity – FEDA Report, 1998
Reasons why some students complete further education (FE) and others drop-out were examined in a study involving a sample of 9,000 students and staff from 31 inner city, urban, and rural FE colleges throughout the United Kingdom. Data were collected from the following sources: interviews with FE college managers, staff, and students; review of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Adult Learning, College Role
Robledo, Maria del Refugio – 1990
A study was done to evaluate Partners for Valued Youth (PVY), an instructional cross-age tutoring program in San Antonio (Texas) designed to reduce dropout rates among Hispanic limited-English proficient (LEP) middle-school children, who are at risk of leaving school. The program has these students tutor younger, elementary school students. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cross Age Teaching, Dropout Prevention, Elementary Education
Robledo, Maria del Refugio – 1990
This handbook provides information about an innovative model, Partners for Valued Youth (PVY), that encourages "at-risk" students to stay in school and to set broader goals for themselves through a cross-age tutoring experience in which at-risk middle school students tutor younger, elementary school students. After a preface, the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cross Age Teaching, Dropout Prevention, Elementary Education
Geddes, John; Golbetz, Thomas – 1992
During spring 1991, a study was conducted at San Diego City College (SDCC) in California to explore the various factors which motivate students to drop out, propose remediation strategies based on the research findings, and suggest further studies to identify and analyze problem areas more explicitly. To examine students' reasons for dropping out,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Dropout Attitudes
Penn, Alexandra – 1992
The aim of a practicum was to integrate language arts and vocational education at the high school level. The following strategies were used: collaboration with vocational teachers; development of cross-curricula activities; reinforcement and evaluation of communication skills in the vocational areas; infusion of occupational relevancy into…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Basic Skills, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate
Augustin, Marc A. – 1993
The Alternative Basic Comprehension Program (Project A.B.C.) for bilingual high school students was a special alternative instructional program funded by Title VII for the third year at two high schools in the Bronx. In the year under review, Project A.B.C. served 260 students of limited English proficiency (LEP). Participating students received…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Career Awareness, Community Involvement, Curriculum Development
Cahalan, Margaret; And Others – 1994
This is the first interim report of the congressionally mandated National Study of Student Support Services (SSS), a federally funded grant program designed to help economically disadvantaged students achieve success at the postsecondary level. The program is intended to facilitate disadvantaged students' high school completion, entry into and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Administrators, Case Studies
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1991
The National Alliance of Business (NAB) surveyed the 12 sites that participated in the Compact Project to develop and implement programs of business-education collaboration. NAB studied start-up activities, key players, conditions for collaboration, accomplishments, challenges, and future plans. Program outcomes indicated that building successful…
Descriptors: Community Support, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Corporate Support
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield. Dept. of Adult, Vocational and Technical Education. – 1983
The Institute for Native American Development (INAD) was created at Truman College to provide quality higher education with a variety of educational choices to Native Americans in Chicago. The program has three major components: advising/placement, academic skill development/cultural awareness, and financial aid/job placement. Native Americans…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Counseling Services, Dropout Prevention
McPartland, James M.; Slavin, Robert E. – 1990
The analysis of proposed or implemented programs for increasing the achievement of at-risk students in all grades is the purpose of this report. Its focus is on identifying effective organizational responses, programs, and practices that improve the achievement of all at-risk children. Schools currently respond to poor academic performance with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts
Cuban American National Council, Inc. – 1990
This paper summarizes issues and perspectives that form the basis of current educational debate. The paper contends that early in the 21st century, Hispanics and other minorities will constitute the majority of the work force in major markets across the nation. The lack of preparedness of over half the potential pool of minority workers will have…
Descriptors: Accountability, Dropout Prevention, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change
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