Programs to Enhance Participation, Retention, and Success of Minority Students at Florida Community Colleges and Universities [microform] / Louis W. Bender and Cheryl D. Blanco
- Bib ID:
- 5485443
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Bender, Louis W
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED288582
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1987
- 69 p.
- Summary:
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This five-part report describes the methods and findings of a study of programs implemented at Florida's 9 public universities and 28 community colleges to enhance the participation of minority and disadvantaged students in postsecondary education. Following introductory material on the project, study design, and methods, an inventory of affirmative action initiatives is presented, covering federal programs, state programs, institutional commitment, minority transfer programs, and external support systems. The next section focuses on institutionally supported practices to identify minority students, facility student entry or assimilation, recruit minority students for a particular area of study or major, increase retention, and provide follow-up or assessment. This section also looks at future initiatives and the initiatives thought to have the greatest potential. The next section offers a series of observations and concerns about ways in which the initiatives seem to be externally rather than internally motivated; the influence of the chief executive officer's attitude on the effectiveness of the educational equity office; the tendency of the institutions to equate "minority" with "black"; the fragmentation of affirmative action efforts; and the role of state policy in increasing institutional competition. The report concludes with a series of recommendations. Appendices include a list of affirmative action initiatives by college, and the survey instrument. (EJV)
- Notes:
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- Sponsoring Agency: Miami-Dade Community Coll., FL.
- Sponsoring Agency: Ford Foundation, New York, NY.
- ERIC Note: Cooperative project undertaken on behalf of the Florida Postsecondary Education Planning Commission, the Florida State University System, and the Florida Community College System.
- Educational level discussed: Higher Education.
- Educational level discussed: Two Year Colleges.
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- Publication date:
- 1987
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