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Download full textDanziger, Sandra K.; Farber, Naomi B. – 1990
This paper analyzes an understudied dimension of inner-city education--the diverse nature of women's personal experiences and levels of success in school and the kinds of supportive resources they receive. The data are from qualitative interviews with 53 black teen mothers and their nonparent peers who reside in Detroit (Michigan) or Milwaukee…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adolescents, Black Students, Early Parenthood
Kusimo, Patricia S.; Carter, Carolyn S.; Keyes, Marian C. – 1999
A study looked at how a science and mathematics intervention program for middle school girls, the "Voices" program, affected African American students and their families. Effects of the program on academic achievement and participation and persistence in school were also studied. The Voices program was implemented in one urban and one rural county…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Adolescents, Black Students
Peer reviewedFord, Cynthia A.; And Others – Challenge: A Journal of Research on African American Men, 1996
The role of psychosocial variables (emotional intelligence quotient, bicultural behaviors, locus of control, and social support) in facilitating academic resilience was studied with 104 African American male college students from urban areas, 50 of whom were classified "resilient." Only emotional intelligence quotient was a significant contributor…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Black Students, College Students, Emotional Adjustment
California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor. – 1993
In 1988, the California legislature provided funding for development of two Middle College High School (MCHS) projects, one at Contra Costa College (CCC), and another one at Los Angeles Southwest College (LASC). The MCHS is a high school program on a college campus designed to meet the needs of high risk urban youth with college potential. Through…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Black Students, Career Counseling
