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Peer reviewedYaworski, JoAnn; Weber, Rose-Marie; Ibrahim, Nabil – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2000
Presents a report of 21 developmental college students speaking out about their success or failure in college. Discusses students' explanations of why they feel they were either successful or unsuccessful in obtaining high grades and/or honors in their pursuit of a higher degree. (SC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Developmental Studies Programs, High Risk Students
Download full textSaliwanchik-Brown, Cheryl – Online Submission, 2005
Through focus group interviews, this study explores at risk high school students' perceptions of their communities. Participants are members of a Maine Upward Bound program that pre-identified them as low SES, and first-generation college bound students. My purpose for this study is to discover if students who are at risk of public school failure…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, College Bound Students, High School Students, Summer Programs
