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Arnold, Stephen – College Student Journal, 1973
The solution to the problem of helping minority students rests with improving the staff of tutoring programs. Administrators of programs need to pay tutors, recruit minority tutors, provide a variety of services, and encourage dialog among those involved. The new direction'' minority tutoring must go is towards making the desire to help minority…
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Individual Instruction, Minority Groups, Student Needs

Bollin, Gail G. – Educational Forum, 1996
Teacher trainees at West Chester University tutor minority children as a means of preparing for diverse classrooms. Student journals document their growing cultural sensitivity, decreasing fears, and increased understanding of their own racial identity. (SK)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Minority Groups, Multicultural Education, Preservice Teacher Education

Jaasma, Marjorie A.; Center-Anthony, Linda S. – Pacific Educational Research Journal, 1998
Analyzes tutoring and other educational programs offered for Southeast Asian refugees at a social service site. Data gathered by observers show the importance of the supportive climate and the teaching occurring during tutoring, English-as-a-Second-Language classes, and informal play. (SLD)
Descriptors: Asian Americans, English (Second Language), Minority Groups, Refugees
Piorkowski, Joan L. – 1977
The Equal Opportunity Program of the School of Nursing at the University of Wisconsin at Madison has, in the past, had the problem of low graduation rates. Attempts by the staff to develop better methods for retaining students have resulted in a program that offers one-to-one tutorial help in basic communication skills. Skills training that is…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Higher Education, Minority Groups

Geertsma, Robert H. – Journal of Medical Education, 1977
Experience with a year-long tutorial for minority medical students suggests that cognitive problems of students having academic difficulty may not be resolvable without dealing with affective considerations. Recommendations are given for dealing with affective issues. (Editor/LBH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Objectives, Cognitive Ability, Higher Education
Leatherman, Courtney – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1990
A government study of the tuition-guarantee programs emerging in the 1980s, promising college tuition to high school students persisting to graduation, has found the programs to be effective in retaining students. The most successful programs use adult mentors and offer tutoring, beginning as early as fifth grade. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, High School Students, Higher Education, Incentives
Green, Robert L. – Personnel Guidance J, 1969
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Admission (School), Admission Criteria, Black Students
Ganter, Susan L. – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1994
Evaluated the effectiveness in a community college of the Professional Development Program, in which (n=80) mostly minority precalculus students attend workshops utilizing small study groups, faculty leadership, challenging mathematical materials, and peer support networks. No overall effect on student performance was found. Includes postinterview…
Descriptors: College Students, Cooperative Learning, Interviews, Mathematics Achievement
Hudson, J. Blaine – 1988
This study reviewed the organization and operations of the University Tutoring Program at the University of Louisville (Kentucky) through the 1986-1987 academic year. The study also described the demographic and academic characteristics of the year's tutoring population and analyzed the outcomes of the use of tutoring services. A database for the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Programs, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Fields, Cheryl M. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1987
A successful California engineering program helps minority students graduate from college by providing a strong student network, extensive tutoring and counseling, and direct faculty involvement. (MSE)
Descriptors: Blacks, Counseling Services, Engineering Education, Equal Education

Finke, Charles L. – Journal of Legal Education, 1989
A study of the fairness and utility of race-conscious academic support services offered at law schools finds that law schools should increase academic support for nontraditional students. A University of Oregon program is used to illustrate the potential for program success. (MSE)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Ancillary School Services, Higher Education, Legal Education (Professions)
Raughton, Jim L. – 1989
In response to alarming drop-out rates among high school students and indications that the emerging workforce will be predominantly minority and disadvantaged, the Colorado Community College and Occupational Education System (CCCOES) developed the Partners program to encourage minority students from as early as seventh grade to remain and succeed…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
Noordhoorn, Lennie – 1990
The AVID program, available at 66 sites in San Diego County (California), prepares students from groups underrepresented in postsecondary education for 4-year college eligibility. Secondary-level students participating in the program are enrolled in a college preparatory sequence of courses and one section of AVID, in which tutor-led study groups…
Descriptors: Academic Education, College Bound Students, College Preparation, Cooperative Learning
The Effectiveness of Special Preparation for the SAT: An Evaluation of a Commercial Coaching School.
Zuman, John P. – 1988
The effectiveness of a commercial preparation class in New York City for the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) was studied. A group of the regular clientele of the school (55 eleventh graders) was compared with a group of low-income minority students given scholarships to the course (33 Black or Hispanic eleventh graders). The effects of the coaching…
Descriptors: Black Students, Comparative Analysis, Grade 11, High Schools
Kinnebrew, Elbert L. – 1975
Since fall 1972, Sacramento City College has operated a pilot project designed to provide minority students with extra tutorial and laboratory assistance and, thereby, to encourage them to pursue careers in mathematics, science, technology, and the allied health fields. The primary focus of the program was placed on one-to-one tutorials intended…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Autoinstructional Aids, Educational Technology, Learning Laboratories