Enhancing minority student retention and academic performance: what we can learn from program evaluations (hardback)

Praise for Enhancing Minority Student Retention and Academic Performance

'Dr. Fleming and her team contribute very honest and timely appraisals of programs aimed to improve underrepresented student academic preparation. Their important case analyses and reviews remind us all about the relevant and tangible contributions we can glean from solid project evaluations and creative but thorough assessments. The results discussed in this book also provide important road maps for fruitful intervention planning and designs for all students, with specific considerations paid to individual agency, learning contexts, and how to narrow gaps between desired and actual program outcomes.'*Marguerite Bonous-Hammarth, researcher in residence, Center for Educational Partnerships, University of California, Irvine

'The insights and recommendations from this engaging series of studies will help administrators in higher education as well as counselors, student service professionals, deans, and instructors improve the education and development of all their students.'*Walter R. Allen, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Allan Murray Cartter Professor of Higher Education, University of California, Los Angeles

Praise for Blacks in College: A Comparative Study of Students' Success in Black and in White Institutions also by Jacqueline Fleming

'This book is pragmatic and suitable for educators, counselors, and advisors who work with college and college-bound youth. It is also an interesting compilation of exploratory studies that contribute significantly to the social science research literature.'*Contemporary Sociology

About the Author

1 Overview

Part One: Setting the Stage: As They Enter Higher Education

2 Success Factors in the Academic Performance of Inner-City Youth: Project Forward Leap

3 How Perceptions of Racial Climate Affect Academic Adjustment and Learning

Part Two: Programs in Math, Science, and Engineering

4 What Successful Students in Science Know About Learning: Gateway to Higher Education

5 Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and Academic Performance: Summer Bridge for Entering Minority Engineering Students at California State University at Northridge

6 Retaining Students in Engineering at the City College of New York: How a Successful Program Works

7 Enhancing Learning in Science Programs at the City College of New York

8 Preparing Minority Students to Compete at the Cutting Edge: The CCNY CREST Center

9 Who Will Do Math, Science, Engineering, and Technology? Academic Achievement Among Minority Students in Seventeen Institutions With Dawn M. Person

10 Doubling the Number of Minority Students in Science: The Xavier University of Louisiana Alliance for Minority Participation With Carole Morning

Part Three: Programs at Minority-Serving Universities

11 The 4th Hour Algebra Project: University of Texas, Pan American With J. Rene Torres

12 Why Good Students Drop Out: Retention and Performance of Honors Students at Texas Southern University

13 When Underprepared Students Stay in College: The Fast Track Program at Texas Southern University

14 Problem-Solving Instruction: How Much Is Enough to Increase Verbal and Analytical Skills in Minority Students?

15 Does Multicultural Content Make a Difference in the Reading Comprehension Performance of African American Students? Project GRAD at Texas Southern University

16 Multicultural Content on the Mathematics Performance of African American Students at Texas Southern University With Jason Guo

Part Four: Conclusion

17 Enhancing the Performance of Minorities: Lessons from Program Evaluation

References

Appendices

Chapter 2: Project Forward Leap-Methodological Details

Chapter 3: The Racial Climate at Eastern University-Interview Questions

Chapter 4: Gateway to Higher Education-Methodological Details

Chapter 5: Summer Bridge for Entering Minority Engineering Students at California State University at Northridge-Methodological Details

Chapter 6: Retaining Students in Engineering at the City College of New York-Methodological Details

Chapter 7: Science Programs at the City College of New York-Methodological Details

Chapter 8: The CCNY Crest Center-Methodological Details

Chapter 9: Who Will Do Math, Science, Engineering, and Technology?-Methodological Details

Chapter 10: The Xavier University of Louisiana Alliance for Minority Participation-Methodological Details

Chapter 11: The 4th Hour Algebra Project-Methodological Details

Chapter 12: Retention and Performance of Honors Students at Texas Southern University-Methodological Details

Chapter 13: The Fast Track Program at Texas Southern University-Methodological Details

Chapter 14: Problem-Solving Instruction-Methodological Details

Chapter 15: Does Multicultural Content Make a Difference in the Reading Comprehension Performance of African American Students?-Methodological Details

Chapter 16: Multicultural Content and the Mathematics Performance of African American Students at Texas Southern University-Methodological Details

Name Index

Subject Index