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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED295691 AUTHOR: Phillips, Roy G.
TITLE: Partners in Education: Black Student Opportunity
Program.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1987
NOTE: 60 p.; Prepared in cooperation with the Dade County
Public Schools, the United Teachers of Dade, the Urban
League of Greater Miami, and the Mitchell Wolfson Sr.
Foundation.
ABSTRACT: A description is provided of the Urban League's
Education Initiative Project, a cooperative effort involving
Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC) and feeder high schools
in activities designed to raise the aspirations of black
high school students, motivate them to enroll and succeed in
college preparatory courses, facilitate the flow of students
from high school to MDCC to a four-year university, and
finance the college education of successful students.
Section I provides an introduction to the project, as well
as information on the problem of underachievement among
black students in Miami, the goals of the project, the
target student population, and the program design,
implementation, and management. Sections II through IV focus
on specific components of the project. Section II describes
the Black Student Opportunity Mentor Program, which selected
75 mentors from a broad range of organizations and career
groups to serve as positive reference group models. Section
III highlights the Black Student Opportunity Scholarship
Program, which rewards students financially for academic
achievement in designated college preparatory courses.
Finally, section IV examines the Black Student Opportunity
Academic Preparation Program, which focuses on the
development of students' self-management skills and of an
educational and personal development plan, while providing
instructional support. (MDB)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Academic-Achievement; Articulation
Education; Community-Colleges; Financial-Support; Mentors-;
Merit-Scholarships; Program-Descriptions; Rewards-;
Transitional-Programs; Two-Year-Colleges
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Affirmative-Action; *Black-Students
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