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Download full textMartyn, Kenneth – 1968
The report discusses the status of higher education for disadvantaged students in California. The programs in operation at public and private colleges and universities are geared toward increasing the accessibility of higher education to students from disadvantaged circumstances. Noted are special actions in recruitment, financial assistance and…
Descriptors: Blacks, College Admission, College Programs, College School Cooperation
Evans, Franklin R. – 1977
A special course was designed to aid undergraduate subjects in preparing for the Graduate Record Examination--Quantitative (GRE-Q). The course included a short one-session discussion (Anxiety Reduction Session) of the GRE and its uses, and four sessions devoted to specific instruction in the basic mathematics required for the test and strategies…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Black Students, College Entrance Examinations, Cultural Differences
Zanoni, Candido P. – 1980
Efforts of the General College of the University of Minnesota to increase student retention during the 1979-80 academic year are described. The target groups were high-risk students, especially representatives of minority groups from traditionally nonacademic populations. The college mounted a pilot education program (PEP) comprising three…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, American Indians, Basic Skills
Romano, Joan L.; Garfield, Joan B. – 1980
An end-of-year evaluation of the 1979-80 University of Minnesota's General College (GC) Pilot Education Program (PEP) for academically underprepared minority group students is presented. The results show that compared to other GC students, the PEP students came to the college with weaker academic skills, and had different personal characteristics.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, American Indians, Basic Skills
Hansen, Evelyn Unes – 1980
As part of the General College of the University of Minnesota's Pilot Education Program (PEP) (1979-80) for academically underprepared minority group students, background information is presented about the development of the Chicano/Latino PEP package, the way that the Chicano/Latino team functioned; the nature, content, and teaching methods; and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Basic Skills, College Attendance
