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Title: Associate Professor of Psychology Age: 43 Degrees: A.B., Harvard College; Ph. D. Princeton University Specialization: Mood and personality
Scholastic and Psychological Effects of a Compensatory Education Program for Disadvantaged High School Students: Project ABC1 ALDEN E. WESSMAN2 The City College, City University of New York While compensatory education programs for disadvantaged stu dents have developed rapidly in a variety of school and college settings, relatively little evaluative research has appeared that provides adequate knowledge about their specific character and results. This paper will report the main findings from a four-year study of one such program: Project ABC. "Project ABC: A Better Chance" was established in 1963 by 21 independent secondary schools and Dartmouth College, with the support of the Rockefeller Foundation. During its initial five years, 1964-68, Project ABC enrolled 1218 students, and expanded to include 5 colleges offering a summer transitional program, and 106 private and 8 public secondary schools which the students subsequently entered. Like other such programs, it experienced rapid expansion and cutbacks of federal funds; but it has continued through private support, though on a diminished scale. The program is unusual in certain respects. It seeks to recruit students who, though they may be handicapped by The study was conducted at the Psychology Department, Dartmouth College, 1965-69, while the author was Research Director
American Educational Research Journal – SAGE
Published: Jun 24, 2016
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