Drawing on 48 in-depth interviews with Black immigrant and second-generation boys at Bridgewood secondary school in New York City, this article points out how the high educational aspirations expressed by Black African and Caribbean boys are strategically deployed as features of an ethnic project to counter anti-immigrant sentiments and anti-Black…

This article presents ethnographic research on the aspirations of graduates from a private university in New York City, some of whom move to Los Angeles. Findings depict financial and family pressures exerting a governing force upon the graduates' futures, often beyond their control. Focusing on the narratives of four individuals, we introduce the…

This paper examines a New York-based project, Crossing Bridges, that brings together 15 sex-trafficked and homeless young people and 15 award winning Broadway artists to create theatre together. These two participant extremes offer a unique opportunity to contribute considerably to new iterations of both communal practice and the aspirational aims…

Background: After-school approaches offer a viable solution to the current challenge of physical inactivity among many adolescents; however, availability, cost, transportation, and interest limit many youths' choices during non-school hours [Roth, Brooks-Gunn, Murray, and Foster 2003. "Youth Development Programs: Risk, Prevention and…

Ensuring success in public higher education among underrepresented students is integral to social equity in the United States today. The current research contextualizes proximal and structural characteristics shaping the opportunities of underrepresented students by drawing on multidisciplinary theoretical frameworks to consider the influence of…

MATERIAL IS PRESENTED TO SERVE AS A MEANS OF HELPING TEACHERS TO MOTIVATE AND GUIDE ENGLISH SPEAKING, UNDER-EDUCATED ADULTS TOWARDS GREATER ASPIRATIONAL FULFILLMENT. THE BASIC SKILLS ARE TAUGHT WITH RESPECT TO THE NEEDS, INTEREST AND EXPERIENCE OF THE STUDENTS. SOCIAL STUDIES AND ELEMENTARY SCIENCE UNDERSTANDING PROVIDE THE CONTEXTUAL BACKGROUND…

ADULT EDUCATION PARTICIPANTS AND TEACHERS WERE STUDIED IN RELATION TO THEIR ROLES IN AN ADULT EDUCATION SYSTEM. THE STUDY OBJECTIVES WERE TO (1) COMPARE TEACHERS' AND STUDENTS' EXPECTATIONS AND GOALS TO IDENTIFY THE DEGREE OF SIMILARITY AND DISSIMILARITY IN THEIR ROLE CONCEPTIONS AND SOURCES OF STRAIN, (2) ASSESS THE EFFECT OF STUDENTS' AND…

THE SUCCESS OF A PROGRAM TO PROVIDE CORRECTIVE READING SERVICES TO EDUCATIONALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS IN 130 NEW YORK CITY NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS WAS ASSESSED. THE AIM OF THE PROGRAM WAS TO STIMULATE THE STUDENTS' INTELLECTUAL ACHIEVEMENT AND TO RAISE THEIR EDUCATIONAL ASPIRATION LEVELS. THE EVALUATION OF THE DATA FROM INCOMPLETE TEACHER AND…

The 1968-69 winter session of the Program to Excite Potential (PEP), funded by the New York State Urban Education Program, included 45 ninth and tenth grade New York City students who were identified as underachieving, disadvantaged, and having sufficient talent to warrant further musical instruction. The program, housed at the Riverdale School of…

An evaluation of the videotapes produced by the film/media workshop, held in the South Bronx area of New York City in the summer of 1972, was conducted. The workshop sought to broaden the communication skills and improve the self-concepts and aspirations of educationally and emotionally deprived black and Puerto Rican youngsters. Three groups of…

Boys (165) and girls (139) in grades 3-6 in an almost entirely Negro Higher Horizons school in New York City were studied to determine the extent to which they differed in their aspiration to white-collar and professional occupations and in their ability to identify these occupations. The children were asked to make a choice among…

THESE QUOTED CONVERSATIONS WITH FOUR NEGRO AND PUERTO RICAN STUDENTS AT BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL IN EAST HARLEM REVEAL THE NEGATIVE FEELINGS OF TWO OF THE TEENAGERS ABOUT THE VALUE OF AN EDUCATION AND THE MOBILITY ASPIRATIONS OF THE OTHER TWO. THE TALKS SHOW A FATALISTIC HOPELESSNESS ABOUT THE BARRIERS IMPOSED BY RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND A…

This study investigated whether the lower class student preceives a "conflict of subcultures" between his home environment and his middle class oriented school. Data were collected through interviews with 12- to 16-year-old lower class students in New York City and Baltimore. The 110 students on whom the findings are based were divided…

THE PURPOSE IS TO RAISE THE EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL, AND VOCATIONAL SIGHTS OF ALL PUPILS IN ORDER THAT THEY MAY HAVE BETTER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADVANCEMENT IN SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC LIFE. THE PROJECT AIMS ARE CARRIED OUT THROUGH EMPHASIS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS--CURRICULUM ENRICHMENT, CULTURAL EXPERIENCES, REMEDIAL INSTRUCTION, TEACHER WORKSHOPS AND…

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM TO GAIN BASIC KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE CAUSES AND PROCESSES OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND TO TEST MEANS OF DEALING WITH THEM IS PROPOSED. THE PROGRAM WILL INTEGRATE BOTH RESEARCH AND ACTION PROGRAMS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS WHICH DESCRIBE--(1) THE PROJECT COMMUNITY (THE FREQUENCY OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY,…