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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED298830 AUTHOR: Halcon, John J.
TITLE: Exemplary Programs for College-Bound Minority
Students.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1988
NOTE: 47 p.
AVAILABILITY: Western Interstate Commission for Higher
Education, P.O. Drawer P, Boulder, Colorado 80301-9752
(Publication 2A179, $5.00).
ABSTRACT: This report, an early component of a forthcoming
set of publications intended to assist colleges and
universities in building more effective programs for
minority undergraduate and graduate students, provides short
descriptions of 18 exemplary efforts to enhance the
participation and success of minority students in higher
education (including the names of contacts for additional
information). The 18 programs are: Hispanic Mother-Daughter
(Arizona State University); First Generation Award (Colorado
State University); Project YOU--Youth Opportunities
Unlimited (Texas College and University System); College
Enrichment (University of New Mexico); STEP--Strides Toward
Educational Proficiency (Mount St. Mary's College, Los
Angeles); Student Affirmative Action Retention (California
State University); Early Awareness (University of Texas);
Pre-Collegiate Development (University of Colorado); PUENTE
Project (University of California/California Community
Colleges); Graduate Division Affirmative Action Program
(University of California); Minority Engineering and Geology
(Texas A&I University); Graduate Research Mentorship
(University of California); Coors Hispanic Student Services
(Arizona State University); STEP: A Partnership for the
Advancement of Learning (University of California); Cal-SOAP
(California Student Opportunity and Access Program-
California State Aid Commission); Articulation,
Matriculation and Two + Two (Compton Community College,
California); Fall Institute Academic Program/University
Learning Center (University of Colorado); and GEM Program
(National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in
Engineering) (University of Notre Dame, Indiana). (SM)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Access-to-Education; Black-Students; Civil
Rights; Higher-Education; Hispanic-Americans; Institutional
Role; Program-Development
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *College-Bound-Students; *Developmental
Studies-Programs; *Equal-Education; *Minority-Groups;
*Models-; *School-Holding-Power
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