Michigan State University Extension
Diversity and Pluralism - 02150008
12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED302312 AUTHOR:
TITLE: Special Programs for Minority Students at Illinois
Community Colleges.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1989
NOTE: 12 p.
ABSTRACT: Since the enactment of state legislation designed
to address the underrepresentation of minorities, women, and
the handicapped, Illinois institutions of higher education
have developed many programs to address this problem. These
efforts include a range of approaches from those focusing
primarily on motivating students and strengthening their
academic skills to those involving minority families and the
local community. Several features are incorporated in these
programs in varying degrees: (1) the programs involve
regular college faculty; (2) they create a positive,
academic environment through mentoring and peer counseling;
(3) they depend on a positive relationship between the
college and minority community; (4) they emphasize
continuous collaboration with elementary/secondary schools
and four-year institutions; (5) they receive support and
promotion from college leadership; and (6) they are
organized as a unit in order to provide a package of
services and activities needed by minority students. Since
community colleges provide access to the majority of Black
and Hispanic students enrolling in higher education in
Illinois, it is critical that these colleges develop and
implement programs designed to enhance student
participation, retention, and success. The report includes
brief descriptions of 13 minority programs, including
efforts focusing on career development, science enrichment,
parent training, mentoring and support, student recruitment,
and transfer articulation. (AJL)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Academic-Achievement; Affirmative-Action;
Equal-Education; Program-Descriptions; Program-Development;
Statewide-Planning; Student-Personnel-Services; Two-Year
Colleges
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Access-to-Education; *Community-Colleges;
*Minority-Groups; *School-Holding-Power; *Student
Recruitment; *Two-Year-College-Students
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