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Download full textSexton, Porter – 1986
This report addresses the following: (1) rates of gain, levels of academic achievement, and participation in district programs of various cultural/ethnic groups of students; (2) the ways in which the Portland (Oregon) public schools' curriculum addresses appreciation and knowledge of students' own culture and that of others; and (3) the extent to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education, Cultural Pluralism
Richardson, Richard C. – 1989
This paper discusses ways that institutions can change the higher education system and environment to accommodate more minority students. The first section, "Institutional Climate and Minority Achievement," presents an overview of the problems facing colleges and universities with respect to recruiting and retaining minority students. In the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Change Strategies, College Admission
Sperber, Robert I.; And Others – 1981
The Metropolitan Planning Project of Greater Boston (Massachusetts) was established in 1974 to promote voluntary collaboration between urban and suburban elementary and secondary school systems for the elimination of racial and ethnic student isolation. This report examines programs that have emerged under the plan, describes the demographic and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Involvement, Cooperative Programs, Desegregation Plans
