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Download full textBrier, Ellen M. – 1984
The presence of academically underprepared students at Vassar College from 1865 to 1890 and at Cornell University from 1868 to 1890 was a source of controversy in both institutions. Vassar took on the burden of providing for comprehensive preparatory education for academically-deficient students within the context of the college. Cornell, although…
Descriptors: College Preparation, College Students, Educational History, Educationally Disadvantaged
New York Univ., NY. Center for Field Research and School Services. – 1973
The College Discovery and Development Program (CDDP), funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, was designed for educationally disadvantaged students who are underachievers and who have evidenced potential to do satisfactory academic work. In most instances the target population has been identified by feeder school…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Preparation, Cultural Activities, Economically Disadvantaged
Peer reviewedKimbrough, Doris R.; Weaver, Gabriela C. – Innovative Higher Education, 1999
Three methods designed to assist nontraditional college students in evaluating and improving their chemical and mathematical backgrounds are described and their effectiveness compared. Methods are: one-day optional symposium featuring varied tutorial sessions; a pretest and subsequent offering of topical workshops; and pretest and use of…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Chemistry, College Preparation, College Students
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
