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Download full textBogdan, Robert; Taylor, Steven J. – Qualitative Sociology, 1990
This paper presents an example of "optimistic research," a qualitative approach which focuses on positive interventions helpful to practitioners, in this case an examination of programs successfully integrating people with severe disabilities. The study evaluated 40 programs through site visits which focus on observation, interviews, and…
Descriptors: Adoption, Adults, Children, Community Programs
Hinton, Samuel – 1991
An evaluation was done of a precollege intervention program that aimed at introducing ninth graders to the idea of going to college, and to challenge them to think about and make a commitment to attending college. The program brought 450 mostly Black and Hispanic ninth graders from an inner-city school district to visit a mid-sized rural…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, At Risk Persons, Black Youth, College Bound Students
