Fast Forward: From Dropout to Graduation and beyond

Autor/inn/en	Carter, Michael; House, David L., II
Titel	Fast Forward: From Dropout to Graduation and beyond
Quelle	In: Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 34 (2010) 11, S.939-941 (3 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1066-8926
Schlagwörter	High School Students; Dropout Rate; Dropouts; Out of School Youth; Dropout Prevention; Partnerships in Education; Cooperation; Higher Education; Community Colleges; Two Year Colleges; Late Adolescents; Ohio + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Co-operation; Kooperation; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Community college; Community College; Halbstarker
Abstract	In January 1998, the Montgomery County (Ohio) commissioners created the Montgomery County Out-of-School Youth Task Force to identify why 22% of high school students were dropping out. The task force concluded the dropout epidemic was having devastating effects on the local economy. In addition to the obvious problem of local employers having trouble finding an appropriately skilled labor force, the task force also discovered over two-thirds of the county budget was spent on human services or criminal justice. It was decided the community needed to develop a broad, proactive dropout recovery initiative to stem the dropout tide. Thus, the Sinclair Community College Fast Forward Center opened in 2001 as a resource center for out-of-school youth. The Fast Forward Center is a strong collaboration of schools, business, and community partners addressing the needs of high school dropouts in Montgomery, Ohio. In nine years, 2,181 former dropouts have graduated high school, and the county dropout rate has been cut in half. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10