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Piorkowski, Joan L. – 1977
The Equal Opportunity Program of the School of Nursing at the University of Wisconsin at Madison has, in the past, had the problem of low graduation rates. Attempts by the staff to develop better methods for retaining students have resulted in a program that offers one-to-one tutorial help in basic communication skills. Skills training that is…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Higher Education, Minority Groups
The Effectiveness of Special Preparation for the SAT: An Evaluation of a Commercial Coaching School.
Download full textZuman, John P. – 1988
The effectiveness of a commercial preparation class in New York City for the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) was studied. A group of the regular clientele of the school (55 eleventh graders) was compared with a group of low-income minority students given scholarships to the course (33 Black or Hispanic eleventh graders). The effects of the coaching…
Descriptors: Black Students, Comparative Analysis, Grade 11, High Schools
Cohen, Arthur M. – 1981
Drawing upon the responses of 268 instructors of randomly selected class sections offered at the Los Angeles Community College District during Fall 1980, this paper assesses the role of the faculty in remedying the underrepresentation of women, minorities, and the handicapped in science education. The paper first summarizes probable causes of this…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Basic Skills, Class Activities, College Faculty
Zanoni, Candido – 1980
The specially funded program described in this report was implemented at the University of Minnesota's General College in Fall 1979 to promote the academic improvement and long-range retention of high-risk Black, Hispanic, and Native American students. After introductory material discussing the process involved in securing program funds from the…
Descriptors: American Indians, Basic Skills, Black Students, College Freshmen
Fitz-Gibbon, Carol Taylor – 1976
Forty randomly selected, nonvolunteer, low achieving ninth graders selected from four classes in an inner city junior high school, were assigned the role of tutor to elementary school children in order to determine if this practice was promising as a method of compensatory education. In three of the four classrooms, the tutors and nontutors…
Descriptors: Black Students, Compensatory Education, Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education
Hartley, Elizabeth A. – 1987
This discussion of identification and instructional needs of minority gifted or talented (G/T) children in the multiethnic classroom looks at a variety of issues, including teacher expectations, native or dominant language and its effect on the results of assessment, acculturation and attitudes toward mainstream society, and learning styles. Eight…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Acculturation, Advanced Courses, Advanced Placement
