JAY SMINK

CONTACT INFORMATION Affiliation:               National Dropout Prevention Center Mailing Address:   209 Martin Street                                 Clemson, SC 29631 Telephone #:        (864) 656-2599 Fax #:                   (864) 656-0136 Email:                   Click here to email this Author   Website URL:      www.dropoutprevention.org

Jay Smink has been the executive director of the National Dropout Prevention Center at Clemson University since 1988. He is a professor of education in the College of Health, Education, and Human Development. He also serves as the executive director of the National Dropout Prevention Network, a professional organization of 2,000 members representing education, business, and community leaders who are concerned with school dropout issues. He earned his M.Ed. in industrial education and D.Ed. in educational administration from Penn State. His B.S. is in industrial arts from Millersville State College in Pennsylvania. Dr. Smink is recognized as a national leader and authority on dropout prevention, school reform, mentoring, service learning, alternative schools, school-to-work, educational marketing, and program evaluation.

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