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ERIC Number: ED400138
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1996-Apr
Pages: 7
Abstractor: N/A
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A Proposal To Improve Retention Rates of Culturally Diverse Students in the College and University Setting Using Interpreters, Go-Betweens, and Models.
Fant, Hugh J.; And Others
Dropout rates at the college and university level are much higher for students of minority cultures than for their majority culture peers. This paper suggests that the "revolving door" scenario of minority-culture college students can be stemmed by the proper use of mentoring. A combination of successful peers (interpreters), university professionals (go-betweens), and community members of the same cultural group (models) could aid these students in becoming bicultural and adept at survival in the majority setting without denying their cultural heritage. The paper also presents descriptions of CD-ROM based technology that would provide a delivery system for this support program. Multimedia mentoring could incorporate photographs, taped interviews, interactive scenarios, and video segments. This would alleviate the need for live interviews and enable a larger pool of mentors to be accessed, including mentors from other campuses. Remedies are suggested that could positively affect the ability of culturally diverse students to remain in college and university settings until graduation. (Author/TD)
Publication Type: Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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