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The Benefits of Summer Bridge Programs for Underrepresented and Low-Income Transfer Students.
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Ackermann, Susan P. – Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, 1991
Describes a study of the effects of a summer bridge program on the academic, personal, and social development of underrepresented and low-income transfer students at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Tracks 1988 entering Transfer Summer Program students for their first two quarters at UCLA. (DMM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Economically Disadvantaged
The Benefits of Summer Bridge Programs for Underrepresented and Low-Income Students.
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Ackermann, Susan P. – College and University, 1991
A study of a summer bridge program's effects on low-income and minority groups students during their first year at the University of California, Los Angeles, found that such programs can facilitate transition and adjustment to university or college life and improve academic performance and persistence rates. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Admission, Developmental Studies Programs
A Longitudinal Look at the 1988 Cohort of Transfer Summer Program Participants' Academic Progress and Social and Cultural Adjustment to the University of California, Los Angeles.
Ackermann, Susan P. – 1989
The University of California at Los Angeles's (UCLA's) Transfer Summer Program (TSP) is designed to increase the academic achievement, retention, and graduation rates of underrepresented and low-income students and to ease their transition from community college to UCLA. In 1989, a study was conducted to assess the extent to which TSP students…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Educational Counseling
Evaluation of the 1988 Freshman Summer Program and Transfer Summer Program, Phase I.
Ackermann, Susan P.; Byock, Gayle J. – 1989
The Freshman Summer Program and Transfer Summer Program at the University of California, Los Angeles, are designed to increase the academic achievement, retention, and graduation of underprepared and underrepresented or low-income students. Underrepresented students are those from ethnic populuations whose statewide high school graduation rate…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, College Preparation, Curriculum Evaluation
Evaluation of the 1988 Freshman Summer Program and Transfer Summer Program, Phase II.
Ackermann, Susan P.; Byock, Gayle J. – 1989
The Freshman Summer Program and Transfer Summer Program at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) are designed to increase the academic achievement, retention, and graduation of underprepared and underrepresented or low-income students. Phase I of the evaluation assessed the extent to which academic and nonacademic goals and objectives…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, College Preparation, Curriculum Evaluation