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Download full textCenter for Higher Education Policy Analysis, University of Southern California, 2007
The goal of college preparation programs is to help students, particularly underrepresented students of color, to enroll and succeed in college. While many programs focus on strengthening students' math and reading skills, familiarizing them with college entrance exams, and demystifying the college admissions process, there are few guidelines for…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, College Preparation, Policy Analysis, Program Effectiveness
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Direct linkMorris, Cathy; Losak, John – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1986
Offers examples of research efforts undertaken at Miami-Dade Community College to analyze the college preparatory program, considering early research using placement test scores, research using college-preparatory course enrollment data, and most recent research using a longitudinal database. Argues that the research process must proceed with…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Community Colleges, Decision Making, Institutional Research
Repa, J. Theodore; Miller, LaMar P. – 1990
More than half the minority group students who completed the 1988/89 Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP) at Manhattanville College (New York) scored in the 90-95 percentile on tests of critical thinking, suggesting ability to do well in mathematics, science, and other studies. STEP comprises the following goals: (1) enable students to…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Preparation, Conferences, Critical Thinking
Frank, Austin – 1984
Student Affirmative Action (SAA) outreach programs to increase the participation of underrepresented minorities and the economically disadvantaged in higher education in California started with little or no coordination and scant thought of evaluation. For a variety of reasons, which include how they were planned, how they are staffed and…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Preparation, Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Programs
Uyeki, Eugene S. – 1988
A 20-year retrospective study indicates that the Cleveland Scholarship Program (CSP) has been significant in enabling lower income students to complete a college education at rates higher than those reported for the United States as a whole. CSP provides advisors who work individually with financially disadvantaged seniors in all Cleveland (Ohio)…
Descriptors: Admissions Counseling, Black Students, College Admission, College Graduates
Kleinfeld, Judith S.; And Others – 1985
The report describes the educational programs that Alaska's 162 small rural high schools offer, identifies educational problems, and examines strategies that districts and schools have devised to strengthen these schools. The schools mostly serve Eskimos and American Indians, have fewer than 100 students, and are located in communities of fewer…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, Boarding Schools
