Project Discovery [microform] : College Option Orientation Program. FIPSE Final Report
- Bib ID:
- 5495996
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Total Action Against Poverty, Inc., Roanoke, VA
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED299346
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1987
- 73 p.
- Summary:
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Project Discovery is a community-based educational intervention program for low income and minority students. It operates outside the traditional public education system. The following projects comprise the program: (1) Project Discovery for ninth to eleventh graders, which is a College Option Orientation program; and (2) Discovery Groups for sixth to eighth graders, which provide peer support. The goal is to make the college option conceivable and achievable for disadvantaged young people. Project Discovery students receive personal attention and academic counseling, and attend a series of workshops on several college campuses, covering study skills, admissions criteria, goal setting, financial aid, and choosing a college. The 1983-86 program, funded by the Fund for Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), served 629 students in Roanoke, Virginia, and is being replicated in eight other localities in Virginia. Students served by the program to date are predominantly black (74 percent), female (68 percent), and tenth-graders (55 percent). Sixty-one percent of graduating seniors for whom follow-up was possible are attending college. Students overwhelmingly (98 percent) felt they received much individualized attention and would recommend the program to a friend. Nearly all (99 percent) gave the staff a high or above average rating. The project is now being funded by the Fund for Improvement of Postsecondary Education and the Virginia Department of Education. Three case studies written by counselors, a pamphlet soliciting contributions for the project, and numerous samples of evaluations are included. (FMW)
- Notes:
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- Sponsoring Agency: Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (ED), Washington, DC.
- Contract Number: GOO8302717.
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
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- Access to Education
- Admissions Counseling
- College Admission
- College Bound Students
- College Day
- College Preparation
- College School Cooperation
- Community Programs
- Cooperative Programs
- Demonstration Programs
- Economically Disadvantaged
- Educational Counseling
- Ethnic Groups
- Federal Programs
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
- Grade 8
- Grade 9
- Low Income Groups
- Minority Groups
- Program Evaluation
- Secondary Education
- Secondary School Students
- Urban Education
- Project Discovery
- Fund for Improvement of Postsecondary Education Total Action against Poverty Virginia (Roanoke)
- Genre/Form:
- Reports, Evaluative
- Other authors/contributors:
- Total Action Against Poverty, Inc., Roanoke, VA
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2057 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
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- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1987
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