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ERIC Number: EJ445997
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0271-9517
The Driven--Yet Undirected--Generation....and the Difference We Can Make.
Kopp, Wendy
NACADA Journal, v12 n1 p56-58 Spr 1992
The founder of "Teach for America," a nonprofit organization to recruit capable but undirected college seniors for a two-year commitment to teaching, has successfully brought in a corps of graduates with a high level of commitment, academic excellence, varied skills, and a better minority representation to teach in difficult-to-staff schools. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Career Choice, Change Strategies, College Seniors, Counselor Role, Educational Change, Higher Education, Nonprofit Organizations, Program Development, Student Motivation, Teacher Recruitment, Teaching (Occupation)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Opinion Papers
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners; Teachers
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Teach for America