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Fujita, Eleanor; Oromaner, Mark – 1992
At Hudson County Community College (HCCC), in New Jersey, research on student attrition has included cohort specific studies of enrollment and completion patterns, enrollment pattern studies of instructional programs, and periodic surveys of enrolled students, former students, and graduates. A comparative analysis conducted of previous attrition…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Dropout Research
Hunt, Jenny; Jackson, Heather – 1992
This book on issues surrounding the United Kingdom's need to create a high-skill, high-added-value, knowledge-based economy also proposes strategies for providing education and training for employed and unemployed adults. The following chapters are included: "The Unwaged and the Unemployed" (Hunt, Jackson); "Adult Vocational…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Vocational Education, Cooperative Programs, Corporate Education
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. – 1992
This document presents a model Comprehensive Career Development Program for grades K-12 developed for the state of South Carolina. The model provides the framework for local school districts to evolve a program that will meet the specific career development needs for their district's students. The model is planned to organize, expand, and extend…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education
Howe, Robert W.; Kasten, Margaret – 1992
This monograph provides an overview of the characteristics, attributes, and behaviors that define and identify elementary school students who are at risk of not succeeding in mathematics. The monograph is divided into seven sections that report research to support early intervention procedures to prevent problems from developing and suggest…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, At Risk Persons, Attitude Change, Community Involvement
Weisbord, Marvin R.; And Others – 1992
This book contains 35 papers about planning and holding future search conferences, as well as their benefits and likely future directions. The following papers are included: "Applied Common Sense" (Weisbord); "Inventing the Search Conference" (Weisbord); "Building Collaborative Communities" (Schindler-Rainman,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Case Studies, Change Agents
Horosko, Millie M., Ed. – 1992
Although consumers are sensitive to purchasing products that are recyclable and biodegradable, which products are truly environmentally sound is not clear. This teacher guide contains activities to help educate students in grades 3-6 about choices they and their families make that may affect their future health and welfare. The lessons may be…
Descriptors: Art Education, Community Action, Conservation (Environment), Ecology
Veale, James R. – 1993
The School-based Youth Services Program (SBYSP) provides a one-stop location or center accessible to teens within or close to the public school. It is designed to help at-risk students by coordinating services between the community and the school, with the goal of keeping students in school and helping them gain skills that lead to employment,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Case Studies, Community Services
Budin, Howard; And Others – 1993
The Student Service and Philanthropy Project (SSPP) was designed to afford students an opportunity to assume leadership roles in promoting positive social change in their community. This document presents a 1992-93 evaluation of the SSPP concerning the program's implementation and the perceptions of its success on the part of students and project…
Descriptors: Community Benefits, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Evaluation, Decision Making
ESL Staff Development. Assist LEP Students to Access Training for Tomorrow's Jobs. Inservice Manual.
Richland Coll., Dallas, TX. – 1993
This manual was developed for use in conducting inservice staff development workshops to provide staff working in English as a Second Language (ESL) programs at community colleges and other institutions with the skills necessary to provide effective vocational training and career counseling to limited English proficient (LEP) persons. The manual,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Career Choice, Community Colleges, English (Second Language)
Braaten, Sheldon L., Ed.; Wild, Estelle, Ed. – 1991
This collection of 13 author-contributed papers addresses various aspects of programming for students with behavioral disorders. Papers have the following titles and authors: (1) "System Support and Transition to Adulthood for Adolescents with Seriously Disordered Behaviors: Orchestrating Successful Transitions" (Eugene Edgar); (2) "Targets for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Behavior Disorders
Carnegie Corp. of New York, NY. – 1994
This report outlines what is known about the requirements for optimal development during the first 3 years of life, considers the ways in which society might reverse the trends toward risk for families and children, and describes the necessary conditions for families to function well in the interests of their young children. Part 1 describes "the…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Abuse, Child Development, Child Health

Utah State Office of Education, Salt Lake City. Applied Technology Education Services. – 1993
During FY 1992-93, Utah's adult education program served 19,863 adults aged 18 years and older and 3,377 students aged 17 years and under. Adult basic education (ABE) programs served at least 7,335 adults in 27 of the state's 40 school districts and in correctional facilities, applied technology centers, the Salt Lake Skills Center, and several…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Community Colleges, Correctional Education
Gregg, Soleil – 1993
Because increasing numbers of children come to school with problems caused by poverty, divorce, drug use, and teenage pregnancy, schools may no longer be able to limit themselves solely to academic roles. This brief argues that schools, families, and communities need to work together to help children overcome the challenges that they face. It also…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Health, Child Welfare, Cooperative Programs

Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1994
The Task Force on Early Childhood and Elementary Education, created by the Texas State Board of Education in January 1993, found that the current system of early childhood and elementary education is struggling to meet the challenges of childhood in today's Texas. This report summarizes the task force's call for schools to reconfigure themselves…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Continuous Progress Plan, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education
Fordham, Paul – 1992
This seven-chapter monograph elaborates on five components of an expanded vision of basic education. It presents material that deals with aspects of these components: universalizing access and promoting equity, focusing on learning, broadening the means and scope of basic education, enhancing the environment for learning, and strengthening…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Community Involvement