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Direct linkCheng, Albert; Peterson, Paul E. – Sociology of Education, 2021
For decades, social theorists have posited--and descriptive accounts have shown--that students isolated by both social class and ethnicity suffer extreme deprivations that limit the effectiveness of equal-opportunity interventions. Even educational programs that yield positive results for moderately disadvantaged students may not prove beneficial…
Descriptors: Educational Vouchers, Disadvantaged Youth, Urban Schools, Minority Group Students
Peer reviewedStevenson, John O. – Urban Education, 1991
A teacher with 20 years' experience in teaching at-risk students relates encounters with individuals in New York City high schools and community colleges. He recommends a holistic approach in teaching, involving encouragement, collaboration, and orality, with a lesser emphasis on subject mastery. (DM)
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Disadvantaged Youth, Higher Education, Nontraditional Students
Download full textWILKERSON, DOXEY A.
A NUMBER OF COMPENSATORY EFFORTS ARE BEING MADE TO FACILITATE THE COLLEGE ENTRY OR FURTHER THE ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS. FOR EXAMPLE, SOME PROGRAMS ARE BEING CONDUCTED BY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND SUCH FOUNDATIONS AS THE NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP SERVICE AND FUND FOR NEGRO STUDENTS TO RECRUIT DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS WHO…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Black Students, College Admission
Bertsch, Eilene – 1970
The Marymount Manhattan College Community Leadership Program, which is a high risk admissions program, is taken as an exemplar of such programs. Although the author runs this program, it is considered impossible for any one person or even agency to actually run these programs. The Board of Trustees has approved the program and the necessary…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Admission, College Freshmen, College Programs
McDaniel, John W. – 1973
This Final Report summarizes five years of development of cooperative summer and school-year programs between the Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) and community colleges. NYC Goes to Community College is a combined work and study program for economically disadvantaged youth, cooperatively conducted by local sponsors of Neighborhood Youth Corps and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Compensatory Education, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs
Oreck, Barry; Baum, Susan; McCartney, Heather – 2000
This longitudinal case study investigated issues that influence successful talent development in the arts and examined the effects of long-term artistic involvement on the lives of 23 artistically talented young people (ages 10-26) in New York City, all of whom had participated in a dance or music program in their elementary years. Most students…
Descriptors: Art Education, Case Studies, Compensatory Education, Cultural Differences
White, Judith C.; Franklin, Harry I. – 1974
This article documents the conception and development of a tool for providing academic and counseling support to meet the needs of minority adult students in an urban community college environment. Specifically, the tool is a course having as its base the proper assessment of student needs and the revision of the syllabus to fit those needs.…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Black Youth, College Curriculum, College Freshmen
