This collaborative project between Camden Public School District and Glassboro State College in Camden, New Jersey, sought to plan, develop, implement, and evaluate a program to enhance self-esteem, academic achievement, and college entrance of economically disadvantaged minority urban youth (Black and Hispanic). Special emphasis was given to the social skills needed to compete in academia. Innovative aspects of the program included: (1) bilingual delivery (in Spanish and English); (2) meetings with participants and teachers held at the high school, not the college; (3) inclusion of a multicultural gender perspective in curricular materials; (4) collaboration between public school and college; (5) creation of a student organization for minority recruitment and retention; and (6) interaction of non-traditional and minority teacher candidates as well as minority professionals who served as role models with minority group high school students. The program was evaluated positively by both students and teachers. (DB)