Author found that having disadvantaged students act out plays offered them a chance for self-expression. (HS)

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)

Over 50% of American universities have special programs for high risk or disadvantaged students, most of whom come from different ethnic or cultural backgrounds and whose educational and economic background is considered markedly inferior to that of regular university students. Many of these programs, however, are token efforts, e.g., 100 high…

On the basis of test results, high school background and degree objective, 25% of the 1970 freshman class at the City College of New York was assigned to a remedial math course. Students retested after 1 semester of remediation showed significant improvement, as compared to a control group who did not take a remedial math course. First semester…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of compensatory education on selected socially determined intervening variables which may affect the academic growth and performance of a black or white post-high school, pre-college student - a Compensatory Education Student (CES). The study focuses on 3 problems. (1) Is admission of a…

More and more colleges and universities are providing special compensatory programs for students coming from socially, economically and educationally disadvantaged backgrounds. The first part of this report discusses the general attributes of these programs--the admissions process, recruitment procedures, financial aid, pre-college courses and…

Universities are being faced with the problem of how they can best carry out their functions and pursue standards of academic excellence with youth who, because of social, economic and educational disadvantages, deviate markedly from traditional academic norms. Many institutions have initiated special programs or practices designed for these…

To identify effective new practices and trends in college student development, recent literature was reviewed and nominations of effective programs were solicited from over 1,100 leaders in related fields. More than 200 programs were identified. Approximately 60 programs distributed among almost 50 colleges and universities were found to contain…

The Georgia Talent Search Project FAIT (Find and Inform Talent) was established in 1966 to identify academically able but financially needy students in Georgia secondary schools. Students identified by guidance counselors were informed by FAIT personnel of the availability of funds for higher education. A source book containing pertinent…

The educational opportunity programs of the State University of New York (SUNY) were initiated (1) to seek out disadvantaged but talented youngsters and present them with an opportunity to enter a program of higher education; (2) to help each of these students complete satisfactorily the educational program in which he has enrolled; and (3) to…

This paper summarizes the features of the City University of New York's (CUNY) open admissions plan and briefly describes its accompanying research component. Its major features are: (1) a system of 4 and 2 year colleges, with students eligible for the 4-year institutions if their high school average is 80 or better or if they rank in the top half…

American society has been and is beset by contradictions and the best that can be said for it is that it has manifested good intentions and poor performance. Merit and money, education and success - in short, all the keys to advancement in American society until recently - have been closely guarded from those citizens who lacked the proper…