Project Adelante, established in 1988 at Kean College of New Jersey, is sponsored by the New Jersey Department of Higher Education, and is currently the only "College Bound" program targeting the Hispanic-American population. Adelante ("onward" in Spanish) aims to improve the high school graduation rate of Hispanic students and increase their opportunities for college admission. A secondary goal is to increase the number of minority students who choose teaching as a profession. Adelante enrolls middle school and high school students in a program of academic instruction, peer tutoring, field trips, career and personal counseling, mentoring by Hispanic professionals, and parental involvement. A year-long evaluation is reported, with data gathered from site visits, review of documents, participant surveys, and interviews with participants and staff. The program is found to foster student attitudes of academic success and to tailor instruction and counseling to student needs. Strong student satisfaction with the program is found. Some suggestions are made to improve this already effective program. An appendix contains a literature review on Hispanic-American dropout prevention by Emma Munoz-Duston. (Contains 25 references.) (SLD)