Project AFFIRM (African-American First Investment Return Module) was established at Evergreen Community College in fall 1989 as a comprehensive academic and support program to help African-American students achieve their college transfer or associate degree goals. AFFIRM courses combine career and economic prosperity components into life plan emphasizing higher educational goals and meeting real-world expectations. AFFIRM courses have the same content as traditional courses, but utilize non-traditional delivery and intervention strategies and are taught by culture-specific role model teachers. Supportive services include academic and personal counseling, tutoring, mentoring, economic literacy and self-esteem workshops, scholarships, and book and personal emergency loans. In fall 1992, 114 students were enrolled in six classes offered through Project AFFIRM: English Composition (English 1A); Fundamentals of Composition (English 104); Improvement of Writing (English 330); Fundamentals of Chemistry (Chemistry 15); College Study Techniques (Guidance 95); and Algebra I (Mathematics 12). In comparison to other African-American students taking the same courses, AFFIRM students tended to have a higher success rate (46% vs. 41%). AFFIRM students had a noticeably higher success rate (53%) than non-AFFIRM African-American students (15%) in English 104, but a lower success rate in English 1A (34% vs. 62%), Mathematics 12 (39% vs. 41%), and Guidance 95 (62% vs 67%). Over seven semesters, the total success rate for AFFIRM students in English 330 was 47%, compared to other English 330 African-American students who had a success rate of 40%. (KP)