NDPC Fellows Program
In 2012, Dr. Sam Drew, Interim Executive Director of the National Dropout Prevention Center/Network (NDPC/N) announced the inauguration of the NDPC/N Fellows Program. The goal of the NDPC/N Fellows is to contribute to the National Dropout Prevention Center at Clemson University and the National Dropout Prevention Network in achieving their mission to increase the high […]
National Dropout Prevention Center/Network Announces Staff Additions and Changes
CLEMSON, SC—The National Dropout Prevention Center/Network (NDPC/N), located at Clemson University, Clemson, SC, has named Dr. Howard (Sandy) Addis as its new Associate Director, effective May 1, 2013. Dr. Addis joins NDPC/N with a wealth of educational leadership experience in public education where he has served as a teacher, coach, guidance counselor, principal, system-level […]
National Dropout Prevention Network Announces New Board of Directors Officers
CLEMSON, SC—The Board of Directors of the National Dropout Prevention Network (NDPN), based at Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina, announces the election of new board officers. The officers were elected at the most recent Board Meeting on February 16, 2013, in Myrtle Beach, SC, just prior to the National Dropout Prevention Center/Network (NDPC/N) 25th […]
National Dropout Prevention Center at Clemson names 11 Fellows
CLEMSON — Eleven higher education leaders and faculty have been named the inaugural Fellows of the National Dropout Prevention Center at Clemson University. The Fellows will help the center and the National Dropout Prevention Network in their missions to increase high school graduation rates through research and evidence-based solutions. The NDPC Fellows will focus on […]
Dropping out of school is a process, not an event, study says
CLEMSON, S.C. – It takes more than a day to drop out of school. It also takes more than a day to prevent it. A new study of the best research on dropout prevention shows that a single event rarely causes a child to drop out of school. Dropping out almost always is the result […]