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Download full textTaylor, J. L.; Harmon, T. – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2010
This report provides a summary of major results of the Illinois Bridge Status Survey, administered online between April and June 2010. The purpose of the survey was to understand the extent to which bridge programs are being implemented in Illinois, as well as to build an online directory of bridge programs. Bridge programs are an emerging…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Developmental Studies Programs, Program Evaluation, Program Implementation
Peer reviewedBlakely, Alan W.; Broussard, Larry G. – Academic Medicine, 2003
The structure, experiences, and results of the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine's Postbaccalaureate Reapplicant Program are used as a case study to construct a blueprint for returning 85-90 percent of program participants to shortage areas while increasing minority student admissions. This success rate has been achieved through…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Developmental Studies Programs, Diversity (Student), Higher Education
Peer reviewedJackson, Evelyn W.; McGlinn, Shirley; Rainey, Michael; Bardo, Harold R. – Academic Medicine, 2003
Describes the Medical/Dental Education Preparatory Program (MEDPREP) of Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. Over the course of its 30-year history, 68 percent of students have been accepted to professional schools, with 92 percent being accepted to medical schools and attending 90 different medical schools in the country. Of those…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Developmental Studies Programs, Diversity (Student), Higher Education
Peer reviewedThompson, William A.; Ferry, Pamela G.; King, Jason E.; Martinez-Wedig, Cindy; Michael, Lloyd H. – Academic Medicine, 2003
Describes the Premedical Honors College (PHC), an eight-year, BS-MD program created by Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas-Pan American to increase the number of physicians addressing underserved populations in Texas. An outcomes study comparing PHC matriculants with students of similar academic ability, ethnicity, and interest…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Developmental Studies Programs, Diversity (Student), Higher Education
Peer reviewedJames, Selena; And Others – Journal of Dental Education, 1991
Established as an institution dedicated to the urban poor, Hostos Community College (New York) has developed innovative strategies in dental hygiene education for the aspiring but academically deficient student and the compromised student with other obligations. Strategies used include remediation, innovative curricula, and recruitment tools. (MSE)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Community Colleges, Dental Hygienists, Developmental Studies Programs
Peer reviewedButler, William T.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1991
Baylor College of Medicine (Texas) conducts a variety of summer enrichment and other programs to improve how science is presented to students from elementary grades through college. These efforts entail close collaboration between medical college administration, Texas public school teachers, and college and university faculty. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Career Awareness, College School Cooperation, Developmental Studies Programs
Pinkston-McKee, Ria R. – 1990
The Student Support Services Program, in the student affairs division, has been a counseling and tutorial program at Chicago State University since 1978. The program's goal is to increase the retention and graduation rates of the university's students. The program's focus is to monitor extensively each participant's first year at the university…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, Career Awareness, College Freshmen
Claire, Susan – 1992
Between September 1990 and December 1991, Cabrillo College implemented the Math, Engineering, and Science Achievement (MESA) program to increase the number of underrepresented minority students enrolling in scientific disciplines at Cabrillo and subsequently transferring to four-year colleges. The initial program was targeted to 200 MESA members…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Mathematics, College Science, Community Colleges
Hans, David R.; And Others – 1981
The vocational counseling and training process described in this manual has been used successfully with disabled students at Vista College. As prefatory material notes the Vista College model is exceptional in that it begins with conditional job offers from a specific private employer and then works backward to establish the necessary training…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Community Colleges, Cooperative Education, Developmental Studies Programs
Peer reviewedRose, Richard B. – College and University, 1993
Partnerships among elementary, secondary, and postsecondary educators in San Antonio (Texas) aim at improving high school and college retention, particularly for Hispanic students. Programs include curriculum development as early as kindergarten, high school junior and senior enrollment in college courses, minority achievement supports, and…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Admission, College School Cooperation, Developmental Studies Programs
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1989
This five-part report presents a statewide framework for assessing the impact of intersegmental programs designed to enhance student preparation for college, particularly those students who are historically underrepresented in postsecondary education. The first part of the report explains the origins of the study and the organization of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, College Admission, College Bound Students
Himburg, Susan P. – 1989
The purpose of the Health Sciences Recruitment and Retention Program at Florida International University is to increase the numbers of qualified Hispanic and black students applying to the health sciences programs and to admit and retain them. Fields of study include dietetics, medical technology, and occupational and physical therapy. The…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Allied Health Occupations Education, Black Students, Developmental Studies Programs
Harris, Dolores M. – 1990
Glassboro State College (New Jersey) has developed an institution-wide comprehensive, coordinated program based on the concept of early provision of quality services and programs to provide students with positive linkages to the institution. Persistence to graduation is the long-term goal of the retention program. Additional goals include…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Desegregation, College Environment, College Freshmen
