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Katz, Jerry M.; And Others – Education and Urban Society, 1973
Examines how the junior college is used by groups who formerly have not entered college--those from low-income families, especially disadvantaged minority group members, and the academically less successful of all strata and races. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Black Issues in Higher Education, 1999
Articles on recruitment and retention of minority college students include discussion of the following: anti-affirmative-action lawsuits, results of Georgia's state-funded tuition program, institutional interest in and capability for recruitment, technology in the curriculum, new admissions models for inclusion, affirmative-action policies and…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Administrative Policy, Affirmative Action, Black Students
Hall, Lincoln H. – 1968
Freshmen of lower and middle socioeconomic status identified by the W. Lloyd Warner Index of Status Characteristics were studied to determine: (1) differences in the motives, values, attitudes, goals, aspirations, self-concepts, and interests of these two groups; (2) if any of these factors distinguish between nonachievers (GPA below 2.0) of…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, College Freshmen
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1990
This report presents recommendations concerning alternative strategies for providing elementary and secondary students with information needed for preparing and paying for higher education as well as the possible use of financial incentives to increase pupil motivation. The report analyzes information about existing California programs that seek…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Access to Education, College Bound Students, Educational Policy