Administered jointly by the Claremont colleges in Southern California, the "program of special studies for transition to college" prepares disadvantaged high school graduates with academic potential for eventual entrance into a regular college program. Over a 2-year period the students are provided with special seminars, orientation,…

Over 50% of American universities have special programs for high risk or disadvantaged students, most of whom come from different ethnic or cultural backgrounds and whose educational and economic background is considered markedly inferior to that of regular university students. Many of these programs, however, are token efforts, e.g., 100 high…

The study set out to (1) obtain a profile of the student population, (2) identify student motivation, (3) identify the impact of the institute, and (4) note differences between regular students (Group A) and those in the Manpower Retrieval Project (Group B). Forty Group B and 66 Group A students were examined by questionnaire and interview. Among…

If the disadvantaged student is to have extended educational opportunities, programs of special relevance must be set up for him. His lack of skill is a cultural problem, not necessarily an intellectual one. Two programs leading to careers in social service, along with their attraction for students and the allocation of resources for their…

One of 52 theoretical papers on school crime and its relation to poverty, this chapter states that youthful vandalism is a multidetermined problem that has its roots not simply in the personality of the vandal but also in interaction with peer, family, and community systems. The costs of vandalism are noted, and various intrapsychic and…

The importance of teacher education is stressed, and two models for teacher education in Israel, one for teachers of gifted children in an urban environment and the other for training teachers of culturally different children, are offered. The teachers of gifted children were provided with a theory and practice course, a workshop, and practical…

This supplement provides a historical summary, for the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania schools, of the key findings in the Annual Evaluations of each Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I project since 1975. The 1977-1978 management information, the key findings for 1975-1976 and 1976-1977, as well as the preliminary findings for 1977-1978 are…

This speech examines the culture of poverty and its effect on children. It describes the poor, the sub-culture within which they live, and the many disadvantages the environment holds for children of the poor. The point is made that it is important to look at the child and family in their uniqueness as well as in their commonality. It is further…

On the basis of test results, high school background and degree objective, 25% of the 1970 freshman class at the City College of New York was assigned to a remedial math course. Students retested after 1 semester of remediation showed significant improvement, as compared to a control group who did not take a remedial math course. First semester…

This booklet is intended for the volunteer reading teacher who may not be familiar with methods for teaching reading, the materials available, or the unique needs of the disadvantaged child. Chapter 1, "Children, Reading, and You," clarifies the goals of the volunteer and explains some of the students' needs. Chapter 2, "The First Meeting,"…

This brief presented to the Canadian Special Senate Committee on Poverty seeks to establish some workable definition of "the poor" in Canadian society. Attempts are made to outline the potential of education for promoting the economic well-being of Canadians. It is found that the poor often get the poorer schools, programs, and teachers,…

A total of 320 subjects in five grades (two, four, six, eight, ten) and from two types of school settings (middle-class and disadvantaged) were studied. Subjects learned eight-pair lists of familiar nouns in a standard paired-associates task. Each subject learned two lists, one presented visually and the other, aurally. Performance on the visual…

This investigation estimates the magnitude of the relationship between social class and visual information processing rates, and compares the development curves of processing rate for advantaged and disadvantaged children. Subjects were grade school children in a metropolitan area of southwestern Michigan. Estimates of the information processing…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of compensatory education on selected socially determined intervening variables which may affect the academic growth and performance of a black or white post-high school, pre-college student - a Compensatory Education Student (CES). The study focuses on 3 problems. (1) Is admission of a…

This is a progress report of the Demonstration of an Improved Science Curriculum for Underachieving Students (DISCUS) project for 1968-69. This project is based on the premise that if underachieving junior high school youth are separated from their more successful peers, placed in a success-oriented environment, and provided with a series of…