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Walters, John; Marcus, Laurence R. – 1985
Eight New Jersey State colleges which shared essentially the same goals and offered similar financial aid packages were studied in order to determine the relationship between persistence rates of disadvantaged students in opportunity programs and the role of faculty in such programs. Student data were provided by New Jersey's Equal Opportunity…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Faculty, College Instruction, College Preparation
French, Laurence – 1977
Removal and allotment did much to disorganize American Indian groups, yet the ultimate blow came with the 1934 Reorganization Act, the master-plan for the current reservation system. Following reorganization, there were policies of termination, relocation, and self-determination, all of which contributed to the problem of marginal Indians in urban…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Advisory Committees, American Indians, Cultural Background