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ERIC Number: EJ426536
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-2984
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Academic Support and Academic Progress: English-Second-Language Speakers in a Faculty of Commerce at a University in South Africa.
Agar, David L.
Journal of Negro Education, v60 n1 p62-77 Win 1991
Describes the Academic Support Programme (ASP) established at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa in response to (1) the disadvantaged educational background of Black students and their consequently high dropout rate, and (2) the projected increases in the enrollment of such students. ASP primarily serves students whose home language is not English. (AF)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Education, Black Students, College Students, Compensatory Education, Dropout Prevention, Educationally Disadvantaged, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, High Risk Students, Higher Education, Tutorial Programs
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Africa
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