The College Ambition Program (CAP) is designed to encourage low-income and minority students to enroll in college. The following analysis presents updated results from my AERA presidential talk in 2014. Results indicate that CAP, which is a schoolwide intervention, increased college attendance for low-income and minority students in seven…

This article reports on an alumni study of middle school participants in a university-based science camp; at the time of the study the youth were completing their junior or senior year of high school. The science- and technology-intensive program was set in an intentionally designed positive youth development context. The camp was free to youth…

This article describes a program called Educational Information Day which is presented to high school seniors to give them an overview of what college life is about and what to expect when attending college. (JC)

This report presents an evaluation of Florida's College Reach-Out Program (CROP) and data on the 1991-92 cohort of institutions and students which the program serves. CROP is a state-wide program designed to increase the number of students successfully completing postsecondary education by providing disadvantaged students in grades 6 through 12…