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Bitter, John – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1988
A program at Alabama State University seeks to stimulate the interest of academically gifted minority juniors and seniors in biomedical sciences and health professions. Selected students carry out research under the direction of university faculty members, in such areas as salmonella contamination in chicken and acid content in rainwater. (JDD)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Admission Criteria, Biomedicine, College Programs
Cassidy, Jack; Klinedinst, Mary – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1991
Two summer programs developed at Millersville University (Pennsylvania) are described: the Governor's School for Teaching, which seeks to attract outstanding high school students into teaching and acquaint them with instructional practices; and Improving Materials and Programs for the Academically and Creatively Talented (IMPACT), which promotes…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Career Education, College Programs, Creativity
Landgren, C. R. – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1988
SCIENS is a Middlebury College (Vermont) program designed to excite minority student interest in the natural sciences and to provide students with training and research experiences. The program, encompassing three summers, involves core instruction for high-potential 11th-grade students, summer research in college laboratories, and internships in…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, College Programs, High Schools, Internship Programs
Ramsay, Annetta; Redding, Rogers – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1988
The Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, a program of the University of North Texas, is a two-year, residential, early-admissions program for high-school juniors gifted in mathematics and science. Students attend university classes, live in a campus residence hall, and receive both a high-school diploma and college credits. (JDD)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Advanced Students, College Admission
Hoffman, Albert C. – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1988
Two programs were designed at Millersville University (Pennsylvania) to stimulate interest in science and mathematics: (1) academically talented students from grades 4-11 attend science lectures/demonstrations and participate in a science knowledge competition, and (2) secondary teachers and students in grades 8-11 participate in hands-on…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, College Programs, Competition, Enrichment Activities
Mullins, Dail W. – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1988
The Research Apprenticeship Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham stimulates interest in science and engineering careers among bright, highly motivated minority students, by establishing working relationships between high-school juniors and seniors and university research scientists. Discussed are selection procedures, types of…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Admission Criteria, Apprenticeships, Career Exploration
Walling, Derald D.; White, John T. – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1988
The number of American versus foreign-born students studying mathematics, engineering, and physics in U.S. graduate schools is declining. A program developed at Texas Tech University's Department of Mathematics offers courses in these areas to high-ability secondary-school students, to acquaint them with career opportunities and exciting…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Advanced Courses, Career Exploration, College Programs
