Title: Get in, stay in
Description: Profiles three initiatives designed to help bright students overcome issues of race and class to get into college and graduate with a four-year degree: "the Meyerhoff Scholars Program, a national model for talented minority students studying science, engineering, math, and computer science; The Puente Project, the East Los Angeles College program, which bridges the transition gap between two- and four-year institutions; and the Twenty-first Century Scholars Program, which is raising educational aspirations among Indiana's low- and moderate-income families"--Container.
Subjects: College attendance, College dropouts, Prevention, Educational equalization, African Americans, Education (Higher), Hispanic Americans, Poor, Meyerhoff Scholarship Program, Puente Project, Twenty-first Century Scholars Program
Places: United States