ERIC Number: EJ573801
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-0951
The Philadelphia Partnership: Improving College Access and Retention Among Minority and Low-Income Students.
Ender, Steven C.; Wiley, Byron A.; Pagano, Charles
College Board Review, n185 p22-27,32 Sum 1998
The Philadelphia Partnership is a Philadelphia School District (Pennsylvania) program, sponsored by the state higher education system and designed to increase the number of low-income and minority students in comprehensive, neighborhood magnet schools who attend college and graduate. A hundred sophomores are selected annually to participate in the three-phase college preparation program, offered in summer sessions and school-year activities. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, College Bound Students, College Preparation, Government School Relationship, High School Students, Higher Education, Low Income Groups, Minority Groups, Program Descriptions, Program Effectiveness, School Holding Power, State Government, Summer Programs
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Philadelphia School District PA
