Creating a new college preparatory math course: An overview

1993 ◽  
pp. 81-102
Author(s):  
Elaine Kasimatis ◽  
Tom Sallee
Keyword(s):  
College Preparatory

College Preparatory Program for Visually Impaired Students: An Evaluation

1978 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-58
Author(s):  
Virgene Martin ◽  
Roger Martin ◽  
Lawrence Hapeman
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
College Preparation ◽  
College Preparatory ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Summer Program ◽  
School Students ◽  
Preparatory Program ◽  
Visually Impaired Students

The effectiveness of a nine-week college preparation summer program for visually impaired high school students is evaluated. Feedback from the students and their rehabilitation counselors indicates that the program increased the readiness of the students in the areas of communication, studying, personal-social and mobility.

Measuring College-Going Cultural Capital of Urban High School Seniors in a Voluntary College Preparatory Program

2021 ◽  
Vol 104 (3) ◽  
pp. 155-180
Author(s):  
Christine Knaggs ◽  
Toni Sondergeld ◽  
Kathleen Provinzano ◽  
John M. Fischer ◽  
Jeffrey Griffith
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Cultural Capital ◽  
High School Seniors ◽  
College Preparatory ◽  
Urban High School ◽  
College Going ◽  
Preparatory Program

Industry and Government Labs

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeannette Brown
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
High School Education ◽  
College Preparatory ◽  
Science Courses ◽  
Boston University ◽  
Woman Doctor ◽  
Youth Leader ◽  
The U.S

Dr. Hopkins is one of the few American women to have held a doctorate in science and a license to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Her career included academia, industry, and government. Esther was born Esther Arvilla Harrison on September 16, 1926, in Stamford, Connecticut. She was the second of three children born to George Burgess Harrison and Esther Small Harrison. Her father was a chauffeur and sexton at a church, and her mother worked in domestic service. Neither of her parents had an advanced education. Her father had some high school education; her mother attended only primary school. However, both of her parents wanted to make sure their children had a good education. When Esther was three and a half years old, her mother took her along to register her older brother for school. Because Esther was taller than her brother, the teacher suggested that she take the test to start school. She passed the test and was able to start kindergarten at the age of three and a half! She and her brother went to school together all through elementary school. Boys and girls were separated in junior high school; in high school they remained separate but attended the same school. She decided in junior high school that she wanted to be a brain surgeon. This was because she met a woman doctor in Stamford who had an office in one of the buildings that her father cleaned. The woman was a physician and graduate of Boston University Medical School. Esther decided that she wanted to be just like her. Therefore, when Esther entered high school, she chose the college preparatory math and science track. She took as many science courses as possible in order to get into Boston University. She spent a lot of time at the local YWCA, becoming a volunteer youth leader. One speaker at a YWCA luncheon discouraged her from entering science and suggested that she become a hairdresser. Esther was hurt but not discouraged by this. She graduated from Stamford High School in 1943.

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