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Who's Got Next: SOTA's KEMET Academy as a Model to Improve the Community College to PhD Pipeline
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Davis-Maye, Denise; Davis, Dannielle Joy; Bertrand Jones, Tamara – Journal of Negro Education, 2013
The authors present Sisters of the Academy's (SOTA) adaptation of the KEMET Academy model, an academic and cultural enrichment program for African American students attending under-resourced schools, to strengthen the pipeline for community college students from undergraduate through professional school. The KEMET model was designed by SOTA…
Descriptors: African American Students, Enrichment Activities, Disadvantaged Schools, Community Colleges
KEMET Academy: A University Outreach Model for Addressing the Wholeness of Learning in a Rural Context
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Davis, Dannielle Joy; Davis-Maye, Denise; Thomas, Chippewa M.; Seals, Cheryl; Alfred, Dorienna M.; Tripp, Lucretia Octavia; King-Jupiter, Kimberly L.; Lovett, Garnetta Laverne – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2011
This work introduces a model of university outreach in rural communities which promotes increasing post-secondary options for rural dwelling African American youth. KEMET (Knowledge and Excellence in Mathematics, Equilibrium, and Technology) Academy is a comprehensive academic enrichment program targeting African American students enrolled in…
Descriptors: African American Students, Rural Youth, Enrichment Activities, Rural Areas
Social Guardianship and Social Isolation: An Application and Extension of Lifestyle/Routine Activities Theory to Rural Adolescents
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Spano, Richard; Nagy, Steve – Rural Sociology, 2005
Although the overall crime rate dropped between 1993 and 2000, both adolescent violence and violent crime in rural areas has been on the rise. However, little research has been conducted on the determinants of rural violence using targeted regional samples of rural youth. This study examines the applicability of lifestyle/routine activities (RA)…
Descriptors: Victims of Crime, Adolescents, Social Isolation, Rural Areas
A Wealth of Accomplishments.
McDaniel, Lynda – Appalachia, 2000
In Hale County, Alabama, a strong spirit of community collaboration led to the development of a family resource center that provides preschool education, a drug prevention program, center-based and mobile health services, general equivalency diploma (GED) classes, outreach services, and a youth leadership program in which outstanding high school…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Centers, Community Services, High School Students