This report of the Youngstown (Ohio) Public Schools concerns the operation of their Motivation Center program, funded by Title I of ESEA. The purpose of the Motivation Center is to establish a working and learning environment in which the emphasis will be on building and improving the pupil's self-image. It is specifically designed to provide…

This paper describes an academic support program, developed and implemented at a liberal arts college, that has had a significant effect upon the retention of "high risk" students. Germane to its success and discussed in detail is the "Educational Diagnosis." Only after the accurate identification of academic barriers can a…

A program to improve the education of disadvantaged youth through better training of teacher trainers and teachers is being initiated at the University of Missouri (Columbia). The program consists of four operations: (1) Research and Development, (2) Activation, (3) Dissemination, and (4) Application and Evaluation. Not only is the training of a…

As part of a program to develop and implement a program for training teachers and teacher trainers of the underprivileged, five educators participated in an Educational Researchers' Consortium. An edited version of the educators' remarks and observations is presented. A bibliography and abstracts of literature in the field of education are given.…

It was the purpose of this study to evaluate the pre-service and in-service education of English teachers of culturally disadvantaged students in the state of Georgia. Interviews, in which questionnaires were used, were conducted in 12 colleges and universities, with 15 rural and urban English teachers, and with English supervisory personnel. The…

This paper reviews research on the success of Upward Bound students and the performance of disadvantaged students in college. An examination of more than 20 Upward Bound studies tends to show that slight gains in motivational readiness for college were registered. Upward Bound students appear to enter college at a higher rate (80%) than the…

In the fall of 1969, a program to expand educational opportunities for economically disadvantaged students was initiated at Macalester College in Minnesota. During the preceding academic year, 3% of the Macalester students were non-white, whereas by the fall of 1972, just 3 years after the program was initiated, the non-white percentage had risen…

An investigation into the impact of a variety of compensatory programs upon black students is described. Eighteen junior college programs were described in terms of the instructional approach, the criteria for ingress into the program and egress from it, the type of credit provided, and the response of minority students to these varying…

The purpose of this study is to obtain information concerning procedures and programs established for disadvantaged graduate students. The means used for gathering this information was a 3-part questionnaire which was sent to the deans of the 287 graduate schools belonging to the Council of Graduate Schools in the U.S. The first section of the…

All children today live in an aural and visual world--yet virtually every education program in the country is based on the print world of 50 years ago. Television must be used to provide motivation for children, particularly disadvantaged children, which print cannot--it must provide a socializing situation, make the real world a part of the…

This study presents case studies that focus in depth on what 9 diverse institutions of higher education have done about urban problems that exist in their areas. Specifically, each of the institutions selected for inclusion in the report is doing an outstanding job in one or several areas of urban, community and minority education, research or…

This report analyzes the early academic achievement of disadvantaged students admitted to the Special Educational Opportunities Program (SEOP) at the Champaign-Urbana campus of the University of Illinois. Overall gradepoint averages and grades in 3 new courses established in rhetoric, psychology, and mathematics are examined. Both criteria are…

This document presents brief descriptions of and statistical data concerning the educational opportunities available to minority group students in 106 medical schools across the U.S. The descriptions are organized under the following headings: (1) programs and curriculum; (2) faculty and administration; (3) financial aid; and (4) admissions…

The differences between two groups of students (17 Blacks and 23 Whites) were examined on the basis of participation and nonparticipation in a special studies program designed primarily to meet the needs of minority and disadvantaged students. Participating students met with more academic success than nonparticipating, irrespective of race.…

Several discipline problems frequently found in inner city schools are described. Presents suggestions for dealing constructively with them based on organization and classroom structure. (JMF)