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An Effective Dropout Prevention Program for Urban Students

Russell, Alecia Marie
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1260899676

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2009, Doctor of Education, Ashland University, College of Education.
There have been limited qualitative case studies exploring effective urban dropout prevention programs. Specifically, few studies have presented a conceptual orientation based solely upon the polyphonic voices of dropouts themselves to solve the dropout crisis in America's public schools. The aim of this study was to bridge this literature gap by presenting the collective stories and ideas from 12 adult urban dropouts who left their public high school to attend an urban dropout prevention program. Framed upon three major strands to predict reasons students depart from school, data produced new knowledge of what I refer to as a potential cure to the silent epidemic. Consequently, this study added to the literature by emphasizing (a) social/emotional concerns that are associated with students' decisions to quit school, (b) interventions and practices implemented by effective dropout recovery programs to increase graduation rates, (c) reasons students desire alternative educational designs, (d) reasons students do not desire online recovery programs, and (e) vital warnings for administrators of dropout recovery programs.
Judy Alston, PhD (Advisor)
Constance Savage, PhD (Committee Member)
Amy Brady, PhD (Committee Member)
Donna Villareal, PhD (Committee Member)
121 p.
Education
adult urban dropouts; case study; African-American dropouts; urban dropout prevention programs

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  • Russell, A. M. (2009). An Effective Dropout Prevention Program for Urban Students [Doctoral dissertation, Ashland University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1260899676

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Russell, Alecia. An Effective Dropout Prevention Program for Urban Students. 2009. Ashland University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1260899676.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Russell, Alecia. "An Effective Dropout Prevention Program for Urban Students." Doctoral dissertation, Ashland University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1260899676

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