Describes a four-week summer session for Mexican-American high school sophomores in the urban Denver area to encourage them to attend college. It consists of discussion groups, lectures, and laboratories followed during the winter with some tutoring and counseling. (TS)

The objective of the Colorado Mexican-American Student Program was to motivate capable Mexican American students to consider the possibility of attending college. Students for the program were selected according to the following criteria: (1) Mexican American ancestry, (2) completion of at least grade 10, (3) promising academic potential, and (4)…