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Ferraz, Hélder; Neves, Tiago; Nata, Gil – Education Sciences, 2019
A central goal of the Portuguese compensatory education program--Territórios Educativos de Intervenção Prioritária (TEIP)--is the improvement of the academic performance of socioeconomically disadvantaged students. In this article, we seek to understand whether the schools involved in the program have been successful in reducing their academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Gains, Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged Youth
Reese, Thelma Terdiman – 1976
This study evaluated the reading component of a compensatory education program designed to aid college students whose skills are not sufficient to meet the demands of required English and other courses in the basic studies curriculum. The reading course is required for students who score below 550 on the SAT verbal subtest and who score poorly on…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Doctoral Dissertations, Higher Education, Open Enrollment
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Gucker, Gail – Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, 1992
Describes Rochester Institute of Technology's College Restoration Program for students who have been suspended or placed on academic probation, focusing on the recently added math component. Covers the individualized noncredit math course from placement through evaluation. Analyzes outcomes, revealing an increase in student grade point averages.…
Descriptors: Academic Probation, Compensatory Education, Grade Point Average, Higher Education
Hawkins, Joseph A., Jr. – 1980
This paper examines Howard University's Center for Academic Reinforcement (CAR), which provides college compensatory education to underprepared students. Research findings from CAR and the academic and non-academic factors related to students' successful completion of the program are discussed. The research findings reported include: (1) the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, College Instruction, College Students
Gordon, Edmund W.; Fahrer, Kimberly – IRCD Bulletin, 1976
Notes that although the state of the art of designing and delivering opportunity programs is confused, contradictory, and conditional, it is also encouraging. Overall effects have been surprisingly positive, even if limitedly so. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Change, Educational Needs, Educational Status Comparison
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Higher Education. – 1977
In the Higher Education Opportunity Program, which operated in 72 independent colleges and universities in New York State in 1976-77, enrollment figures showed that 6,227 students enrolled in full and part time courses during the year, with 4,948 attending four year schools and 846 at two year schools. Of the 6,227 enrollees 2,144 were freshmen.…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Opportunities, Ethnic Groups, Financial Support
Gordon, Edmund W. – Freedomways, 1977
Increasing evidence indicates that college completion rates for opportunity students equal or exceed college completion rates for the nation as a whole. In this article some of the confusing and contradictory aspects of designing and delivering educational opportunity programs are reviewed. Recommendations are offered for expanding access to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Compensatory Education, Educational Change, Educational Opportunities
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Higher Education Opportunity Programs. – 1981
This report displays and compares data from four special programs in postsecondary institutions operating in New York State for persons who have been academically and educationally disadvantaged. The programs are College Discovery, Search for Education, Elevation, and Knowledge, the Educational Opportunity Program, and the Higher Education…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged
Farrow, Earl Vann; And Others – 1977
Rutgers Upward Bound program participants were recruited from 16 New Jersey high schools upon completion of the tenth grade. Students with potential for achieving success in a two- or four-year college were selected, despite lack of appropriate educational background. Subjects of this longitudinal study were 345 volunteers who participated in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged
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Sawyer, Richard – 1997
Course placement systems in the first year of college include both an assessment component (to estimate students' probability of success in standard courses) and an instructional component (in which underprepared students are taught the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in the standard courses). The effectiveness of a placement system…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Preparation, Compensatory Education, Developmental Studies Programs
Slavin, Robert E.; Fashola, Olatokunbo S. – 1998
This book presents reviews of programs for elementary and secondary schools that are widely available and have some evidence of effectiveness in terms of student achievement. It also discusses district-level strategies for introducing proven programs. The comprehensive and objective evidence offered will help school and district administrators…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Dropout Prevention, Educational Change
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Wolf, Judith G. – 1976
This is a report of a pilot study performed by the Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) of the New York State Education Department. The study investigated the post college experiences of HEOP graduates and dropouts at three institutions in Western New York: Canisius College, Buffalo; Rosary Hill College, Snyder; and Niagara University. The…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, College Graduates, Compensatory Education, Dropouts
Maryland State Higher Education Commission, Annapolis. – 1997
This study evaluated a pilot project for privatizing or outsourcing remedial education programs in the state of Maryland. The program was conducted by the mathematics department at Howard Community College and Sylvan Learning Systems, a Baltimore-based tutoring company, and covered four periods the summer, spring, and fall semesters of 1995 and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Compensatory Education, Educational Assessment, Higher Education
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Wasserman, Michael – Journal of Experimental Education, 1978
Educationally disadvantaged college students who were enrolled in an experimental sociology course section did not have significantly different test performance than nonparticipating disadvantaged. Results indicated that significant improvement could be expected of disadvantaged students if they were admitted with a high Scholastic Aptitude…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Admission Criteria, College Entrance Examinations
Ackermann, Susan P. – 1990
The study sought to determine the effects of a summer bridge program on the academic, personal, and social development of underrepresented and low-income students during their first year at the University of California, Los Angeles. The 1988 cohort of students enrolled in the Freshman Summer Program/Transfer Summer Program (FSP/TSP) were tracked…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Programs, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged
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