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Comparing The Effectiveness Of Two Models Of College Summit Programs In An Urban School Setting, Wanda Davis
Comparing The Effectiveness Of Two Models Of College Summit Programs In An Urban School Setting, Wanda Davis
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The inclusion of college preparation programs promote and forecast academic success in postsecondary studies among individual at-risk, African American urban high school students. Past research has shown ongoing, college acceptance, performance, and graduation gaps between at-risk, African American urban high school students when compared to affluent, Caucasian suburban high school students. The College Summit program is designed to help close this gap. The study compared two models of the College Summit Program in one urban school setting. The study evaluated the effect that pre-college preparation activities had on these dependent variables: completion of postsecondary planning activities, end-of-year GPA, awards of …