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ERIC Number: EJ441158
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0192-6365
Student Activity Programs Enhance Education Experience for Nation's Youth: A "Bulletin" Special.
NASSP Bulletin, v76 n542 p60-65 Mar 1992
The greatest deterrent to drugs and gangs is a full, high-quality student activity program. Cocurricular activities offer peer counseling groups, nurturing clubs, relationship building, and enormous support for youngsters at minimal cost. Potential dropouts can be engaged by car clubs, job opportunities, and computer use programs. Eliminating these programs would be a false economy. (MLH)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Dropout Prevention, Extracurricular Activities, School Holding Power, Secondary Education, Student Participation, Youth Programs
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Administrator Activities; Reum (Earl); Student Activity Directors