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The Benefits of Summer Bridge Programs for Underrepresented and Low-Income Students.
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Ackermann, Susan P. – College and University, 1991
A study of a summer bridge program's effects on low-income and minority groups students during their first year at the University of California, Los Angeles, found that such programs can facilitate transition and adjustment to university or college life and improve academic performance and persistence rates. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Admission, Developmental Studies Programs
The Benefits of Summer Bridge Programs for Underrepresented and Low-Income Students.
Ackermann, Susan P. – 1990
The study sought to determine the effects of a summer bridge program on the academic, personal, and social development of underrepresented and low-income students during their first year at the University of California, Los Angeles. The 1988 cohort of students enrolled in the Freshman Summer Program/Transfer Summer Program (FSP/TSP) were tracked…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Programs, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged
A Longitudinal Look at the 1988 Cohort of Transfer Summer Program Participants' Academic Progress and Social and Cultural Adjustment to the University of California, Los Angeles.
Ackermann, Susan P. – 1989
The University of California at Los Angeles's (UCLA's) Transfer Summer Program (TSP) is designed to increase the academic achievement, retention, and graduation rates of underrepresented and low-income students and to ease their transition from community college to UCLA. In 1989, a study was conducted to assess the extent to which TSP students…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Educational Counseling