Improving access and college success for diverse students
Subtitle: studies of the Gates Millennium Scholars program
By: volume editor and series editor, Edward P. St. John.
Contributors: St. John, Edward P.
Series: Readings on equal education -- v. 20.
Publisher: AMS Press, Inc.; AMS Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Brooklyn, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
Subjects: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. -- Gates Millennium Scholars program; Minority students -- Scholarships, fellowships, etc; Minorities -- Education (Higher)
Other titles: Studies of the Gates Millennium Scholars program
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Opportunity answered : summary research findings on the Gates Millennium Scholars program -- David R. Merkowitz; title: The survey of diverse students -- Bronwyn Nichols Lodato, Michele Zimowski, Raymond M. Lodato, & Rashna Ghadialy; title: The relative contribution of high school origins to college access -- William T. Trent, Yuqin Gong, & Dawn Owens-Nicholson; title: Who goes to college? High school context, academic preparation, the college choice process, and college attendance -- Walter R. Allen, Marguerite Bonous-Hammarth, & Susan A. Suh; title: The impact of GMS on financial access : analyses of the 2000 cohort -- Edward P. St. John & Choong-Geun Chung; title: The transition to college for low-income students : the impact of the Gates Millennium Scholars program -- Sylvia Hurtado, Thomas F. Nelson Laird, & Thomas E. Perorazio; title: Academic success of Gates Millennium Scholars -- William E. Sedlacek & Hung-Bin Sheu; title: How do college choice and persistence for GMS recipients compare to minority students who received Pell? -- John B. Lee & Suzanne B. Clery; title: Student aid and major choice : a study of high-achieving students of color -- Edward P. St. John & Choong-Geun Chung; title: Correlates of leadership activities of Gates Millennium Scholars-- William E. Sedlacek & Hung-Bin Sheu-- Conclusions and implications /-- Edward P. St. John.