Enhancing minority student retention and academicperformance: what we can learn from program evaluations

In this important resource, Dr. Fleming (a noted expert in the field of minority retention) draws on educational evaluations she has developed in the course of her distinguished career. This book analyzes the common factors and the role institutional characteristics play in minority student retention to show what really works in increasing academic performance among minority students and includes models of evaluations that describe successful programs that use statistical methods to verify outcomes. INDICE: PrefaceAbout the Author1 OverviewPart One: Setting the Stage: As They Enter Higher Education2 Success Factors in the Academic Performance of Inner-City Youth: Project Forward Leap3 How Perceptions of Racial Climate Affect Academic Adjustment and LearningPart Two: Programs in Math, Science, and Engineering4 What Successful Students in Science Know About Learning: Gateway to Higher Education5 Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and Academic Performance: Summer Bridge for Entering Minority Engineering Students at California State University at Northridge6 Retaining Students in Engineering at the City Collegeof New York: How a Successful Program Works7 Enhancing Learning in Science Programs at the City College of New York8 Preparing Minority Students to Competeat the Cutting Edge: The CCNY CREST Center9 Who Will Do Math, Science, Engineering, and Technology? Academic Achievement Among Minority Students in Seventeen Institutions With Dawn M. Person10 Doubling the Number of Minority Studentsin Science: The Xavier University of Louisiana Alliance for Minority Participation With Carole MorningPart Three: Programs at Minority-Serving Universities11 The 4th Hour Algebra Project: University of Texas, Pan American With J. Rene Torres12 Why Good Students Drop Out: Retention and Performance of Honors Students at Texas Southern University13 When Underprepared Students Stay in College: The Fast Track Program at Texas Southern University14 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 University16 Multicultural Content on the Mathematics Performance of African American Students at Texas Southern University With Jason GuoPart Four:Conclusion17 Enhancing the Performance of Minorities: Lessons from Program EvaluationReferencesAppendicesChapter 2: Project Forward Leap—Methodological DetailsChapter 3: The Racial Climate at Eastern University—Interview QuestionsChapter 4: Gateway to Higher Education—Methodological DetailsChapter 5: Summer Bridge for Entering Minority Engineering Students at California State University at Northridge—Methodological DetailsChapter 6: Retaining Students in Engineering at the City College of New York—Methodological DetailsChapter 7:Science Programs at the City College of New York—Methodological DetailsChapter 8: The CCNY Crest Center—Methodological DetailsChapter 9: Who Will Do Math, Science, Engineering, and Technology?—Methodological DetailsChapter 10: The Xavier University of Louisiana Alliance for Minority Participation—Methodological DetailsChapter 11: The 4th Hour Algebra Project—Methodological DetailsChapter 12: Retention and Performance of Honors Students at Texas SouthernUniversity—Methodological DetailsChapter 13: The Fast Track Program at Texas Southern University—Methodological DetailsChapter 14: Problem-Solving Instruction—Methodological DetailsChapter 15: Does Multicultural Content Make a Difference in the Reading Comprehension Performance of African American Students?—Methodological DetailsChapter 16: Multicultural Content and the Mathematics Performance of African American Students at Texas Southern University—Methodological DetailsName IndexSubject Index

• ISBN: 978-0-7879-5713-1
• Editorial: Jossey Bass
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 400
• Fecha Publicación: 26/04/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés