This article describes Project Access, a program at Southern University (Louisiana) designed to recruit, retain, and train speech-language/pathology students from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Seminars that explore speech and language disorders of diverse populations were added to the required curriculum. Students receive support in…

Describes the University of California San Diego's efforts to increase campus diversity by developing school-university partnerships with local low income, urban K-12 schools. Data from fieldnotes, interviews, documents, videotapes, and student focus groups show that this type of collaboration can increase college-going outcomes for…

Profiles Sujeet Shenoi, a University of Tulsa computer science faculty member who began a recruiting campaign for computer science students linked to an undergraduate student research program, which then evolved into the Tulsa Undergraduate Research Challenge. Students credit him with developing both their skills and their confidence through…

This chapter reviews the current theoretical understanding of the development of social justice attitudes and related concepts.

This volume presents five papers on higher education institutional research in Maryland, all of which were originally presented at annual meetings of the Maryland Association for Institutional Research from 1993 through 1995. The first paper is "A Day in the Life of an Institutional Researcher: Past, Present and Future" (Merill…

The report summarizes a series of four seminars in 1995 in which educators in the Albany, New York area gathered to discuss intervention to support the access and success of minority students in higher education. Participants included college, university, high school, community, and association leaders and representatives: a list is provided.…

A project assessed progress made in eliminating sex bias, stereotyping, and discrimination in vocational education as reported by graduates who had prepared for and entered nontraditional careers. A literature search on sex bias and stereotyping in education was conducted to assist in development of the survey instrument administered to graduates.…

The major objectives of this conference, a collaborative effort of various institutions and educational agencies in Kentucky and from around the United States, were to: (1) provide colleges of education with a model to increase their effectiveness in promoting the recruitment, retention, and certification of minorities in teacher education…

The Best and Brightest Program at Central Missouri State University (CMSU) encourages talented high school students to enter the teaching profession. High school students with effective teacher attributes are nominated, through collaboration among university personnel, elementary secondary practitioners, educational organizations, and alumni.…

If educational institutions are to experience continued growth in times of declining enrollments, they must develop an organizational concept of enrollment management which incorporates all institutional areas in its activities. At the base of an effective enrollment management system is institutional research, which should focus on market…

Recruiting students for the Oklahoma Northwest Area Vocational-Technical School (ONAVTS) is extremely challenging, primarily because the district covers 3,000 square miles of sparsely populated farm and ranch land with a feeder population of only 256 juniors and seniors available annually. To compete with a newly required high school graduation…

Essex Community College (ECC) implemented an onsite workplace literacy program for Martin Marietta (MM) employees with the cooperation of United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 738. Assisted by the working committees with representatives from all phases of the project, ECC and MM staff cooperated to develop a recruitment video, brochures, and…

Prince George's Community College (PGCC), in Maryland, has monitored minority student performance for over a decade, and has several programs in place to assist minority students in their endeavors at the college. The college's enrollment has always reflected the demographics of Prince George's County, mirroring the rapid changes in the county's…

This selective bibliography of approximately 900 items spans works written over several decades, and focuses on all aspects of undergraduate college admissions in the United States. References are included on admission to community colleges, 4-year colleges, and universities. Citations are from the education literature and include books, book…

To identify postsecondary educational needs within its rapidly growing service area, factors preventing students from taking classes at the colleges, and services that would encourage students to take classes, Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) surveyed all Greene County households in April 1993. A total of 4,625 surveys were mailed,…