The purpose of this research is to analyze characteristics and motivators among alumni of the Community Involvement Program (CIP) for donating to the University of the Pacific. The research questions were: (1) what are the characteristics and motivators of CIP alumni for donating to the University of the Pacific? (2) do the characteristics and…

In Japan, the Ainu people have been living mainly in Hokkaido and many Koreans continue to live since the end of the World War Two. Since 1990's, the number of migrant workers has increased rapidly. In this sense, Japanese society has been multicultural and multiethnic. However, those minority groups have been strictly discriminated against in…

The author had the pleasure of being in an academic setting where students of color were in the majority. That was the summer of 2004 as she observed African-American Literature 1900-Present, a writing intensive class in the Special Program in Talent Development (SPTD) at the University of Rhode Island (URI). The author wants to tell the story of…

The Engineering Opportunity Program (EOP) at the Newark College of Engineering has been successful in bringing black and other disadvantaged youth, who could not otherwise qualify, into the college as engineering students, without sacrificing the school's academic standards, by using special programs and tutoring as needed. (SA)

This document presents a listing of colleges and universities that offer special conveniences to minority group students wishing to study broadcasting. These special conveniences include: special scholarships; special loan funds; special assistantships; tutorial assistance; job placement assistance; internships; special programs to recruit…

The Education Improvement Project (EIP) of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools serves as the assisting organization for two programs designed to improve educational practice for the marginal college freshmen - who is often a member of a minority or poverty group. The two programs are the College Education Achievement Project (CEAP),…

The Institute for Training Minority Group Research and Evaluation Specialists comprised 4 programs in 1: (1) a 6-week graduate course at New York University (NYU) during the 1970 summer session for 20 minority group persons that provided training in research design, statistics, data collection and analysis, and report writing; (2) a program of…

Minority group students were compared with a matched group, whose performance on the Washington Pre-College test battery indicated they were high risk students. It was found that those in the special minority group program did far better than WPC scores had predicted, while the matched group did about as expected. (Author/BY)

The need for physicians in minority group communities demands that medical schools actively recruit and educate minority group students. (HS)

More and more colleges and universities are providing special compensatory programs for students coming from socially, economically and educationally disadvantaged backgrounds. The first part of this report discusses the general attributes of these programs--the admissions process, recruitment procedures, financial aid, pre-college courses and…

Universities are being faced with the problem of how they can best carry out their functions and pursue standards of academic excellence with youth who, because of social, economic and educational disadvantages, deviate markedly from traditional academic norms. Many institutions have initiated special programs or practices designed for these…

This report contains the results of a questionnaire sent to 101 medical schools, of whom 98 responded. The information is given for each of the 98 schools and includes: (1) admission statistics on minority students who applied, were admitted and enrolled in the classes entering September 1969 and 1970 and minority students presently enrolled in…

This report presented a survey of junior college programs that use students to recruit, retain, and follow up disadvantaged students. Programs using students to recruit the disadvantaged at the elementary and junior high school, high school, and community levels were reviewed. Student-to-student programs in the area of retention included the…

Describes a project in which student discussions of social problems were videotaped and the tapes exchanged with schools whose student bodies had decidedly different ethnic compositions. (LS)