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Download full textZaritsky, Joyce Ship – 1989
In 1988, a survey was conducted to determine the characteristics and extent of peer tutoring programs at two- and four-year colleges in New York. Data were also collected on supplemental instruction, a variant of peer tutoring in which the peer tutor works closely with a faculty member to help students in identified high-risk courses. Of the 270…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, High Risk Students, Peer Teaching, Postsecondary Education
Alford, Schevaletta M. – Journal of Educational Opportunity, 1997
A program to mesh the skills of counselors and tutors was implemented in an educational-opportunity program designed to serve underprepared and economically disadvantaged students at a New York four-year college in the late 1980s. The model's success resulted in additional private funding at the original site and incorporation of the model into…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Developmental Studies Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Higher Education Opportunity Programs. – 1982
The role of the New York State Higher Education Opportunity Program for 1981-82 is described in this report. The opportunity program was designed to provide resources and services to educationally and economically disadvantaged students (most of whom are Black, Spanish, or Asian American) in order to improve their academic success in college. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Counseling Services, Economically Disadvantaged
