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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED165658 AUTHOR: Young, Lawrence
TITLE: Surviving in Wonderland: Factors for Success in
Upward Bound Students Attending Selective Colleges.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1978
NOTE: 17 p.; Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
Mid-America Association of Educational Opportunity Program
Personnel (4th, Fontanad, Wisconsin, November 12-15, 1978)
ABSTRACT: This paper examines the unique make-up of
selective colleges as opposed to those with open admission
policies, variances in individual colleges, and how Upward
Bound students can be prepared for selective colleges. Some
orientations of selective colleges have been described as
realistic, scientific, enterprising, and conventional. All
of these orientations give low priority to interpersonal
relations, the social sciences, and arts and humanities;
the
environments are highly competitive academically and little
concern is manifested for the individual student. This
failure to emphasize interpersonal relations will
constitute
an obstacle for the Upward Bound student. Students and
staff
on a selective college are less likely to be aware of or
support the special needs of Upward Bound students. The
staff of educational opportunity programs need to insure
that the student's psychological, spiritual, financial, and
physical needs can be met by the school they choose. In
selective colleges that have special admission programs for
disadvantaged, it is important to determine whether they
have remedial courses, special classes, a reduced course
load or delayed evaluation program, ethnic studies
programs,
and other supportive services. There is a need to prepare
students for such things as the use of textbooks, listening
and notetaking skills, how to prepare for and take tests,
and the improvement of general verbal skills, writing, and
vocabulary improvement, and reading skills. Students should
also be prepared for the contact with students who will
view
them as different, and early career counseling is essential
to student success. (SW)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Ancillary-School-Services; Basic-Skills;
Career-Planning; College-Admission; College-Choice;
Economically-Disadvantaged; Educational-Counseling;
Educationally-Disadvantaged; Educational-Opportunities;
Higher-Education; Open-Enrollment; School-Orientation;
Student-College-Relationship; Study-Skills
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Affirmative-Action; *College-Preparation;
*Competitive-Selection; *Disadvantaged-Youth; *Student
Needs; *Success-
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