scholarly journals The Ford/University Of Detroit Mercy Engineering Opportunity Program

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Schumack ◽  
Leo Hanifin
Keyword(s):  
Opportunity Program

Prevalence and Predictors of Fruit Intake Among Community College Women in the Extended Opportunity Program and Services

2003 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve E. Shive ◽  
Michelle R. Neyman
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Weight Loss ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
College Women ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Good Health ◽  
Fruit Intake ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
Eating Fruit ◽  
Opportunity Program

This study examined fruit intake among 276 female Extended Opportunity Program and Services (EOPS) community college students. Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors associated with fruit intake were determined. The attitudes which are potential predictors of daily fruit intake were also examined. Analysis showed that 33% ate fewer than the minimum recommended two daily servings of fruit. Students reported that fruit gave them energy, taste and cost were not barriers to consumption and that it would not be difficult to increase daily fruit consumption. A linear regression analysis revealed that beliefs that eating fruit leads to good health, having a habit of eating fruit, feeling energy, and weight loss accounted for 30% of the variance in fruit intake.

Alternative Opportunity Program: Stemming Potential Delinquency in Young Adolescents

1979 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 232-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula C. Wood ◽  
Thomas M. Buescher ◽  
Christina Denison
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Support Services ◽  
Junior High ◽  
School Personnel ◽  
Education Student ◽  
School Students ◽  
Regular School ◽  
Opportunity Program

The Alternative Opportunity Program is preventive in nature, and designed for junior high school students “at risk” for dropping out or becoming delinquent offenders. Students are carefully screened and participate voluntarily. Part of each day is spent in the regular school and part on the campus of Camp Oakland—a privately-funded treatment facility. The program consists of three major components: Education, Student Support Services and Guidance/Management Instruction for teachers and parents. Evaluation data show that student grades and attendance have improved during participation in the program. Some of the crucial components of the program appear to be the cooperation of the regular school personnel, the voluntary nature of placement, the inclusion of parents in counseling and support services, and the maintenance of a positive image for the program at the regular junior high school.

scholarly journals The improvements of the ships of opportunity program in MFS-TEP

Ocean Science ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 245-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. M. R. Manzella ◽  
F. Reseghetti ◽  
G. Coppini ◽  
M. Borghini ◽  
A. Cruzado ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Dense Water ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Water Formation ◽  
Dense Water Formation ◽  
Forecasting System ◽  
Opportunity Program ◽  
The Mediterranean

Abstract. The Ships Of Opportunity Program in the Mediterranean Sea was established at the end of 1999, in the framework of the Mediterranean Forecasting System – Pilot Project (MFS-PP). Many improvements have been made in data collection, transmission and management. Calibration of selected XBTs and a comparison of XBTs vs. CTDs during some research cruises have assured the quality of the data. Transmission now allows receiving data in full resolution by using GSM or satellite telecommunication services; management is offering access to high quality data and view services. The effects of technological and methodological improvements in the observing system are assessed in terms of capability to represent the most important circulation features. The improved methodologies have been tested during the Mediterranean Forecasting System – Toward Environmental Prediction (MFS-TEP) – Targeted Operational Period (MFS-TOP), lasting from September 2004 to February 2005. In spite of the short period of measurements, several important aspects of the Mediterranean Sea circulation have been verified, such as eddies and gyres in the various sub-basins, and dense water formation processes in some of them (vertical homogeneous profiles of about 13°C down to ~800 m in the Provençal, and of about 14.9°C down to ~300 m in the Levantine have allowed defining an index of dense water formation).

Literacy First: A Successful Opportunity Program

1986 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 83-87
Author(s):  
Frank McHugh ◽  
Louise Jernigan ◽  
Karen Moses
Keyword(s):  
Opportunity Program

Making Sense of One’s Place in an Educational Opportunity Program

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 342-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralitsa Todorova
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Educational Opportunity ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Transition Process ◽  
Dropping Out ◽  
Educational Opportunity Program ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Opportunity Program ◽  
The Many ◽  
Additional Support

A college degree has been shown to decrease the income gap, but disadvantaged students are at a greater risk of dropping out of college. This study explores meaning-making of students in an educational opportunity program (EOP), the Search for Education Elevation and Knowledge (SEEK) in the City University of New York system. It is important to examine the experiences of students who are receiving additional support to understand how they develop through this complex transition process. Forty-six first-year SEEK students and 38 upperclassmen responded to a set of five narrative prompts of different genres. Using values analysis, the data showed that over half of the values guiding participants’ narratives (53.30%) discussed the many benefits of SEEK and the sources of support youth rely on. Participants used the genres to express the complexities of transitioning to college as freshman, along with a settling in the later years. The findings of this study demonstrate youth perspectives on the ways in which EOPs can significantly contribute to student retention.

scholarly journals Neighborhood Poverty and Quality in the Moving to Opportunity Experiment

2015 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dionissi Aliprantis ◽  
Daniel Kolliner
Keyword(s):  
Neighborhood Effects ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Neighborhood Characteristics ◽  
Inequality Of Opportunity ◽  
Neighborhood Quality ◽  
Neighborhood Poverty ◽  
Moving To Opportunity ◽  
Black Neighborhood ◽  
Opportunity Program ◽  
Neighborhood Environments

Researchers suspect that some of the disparities that exist in such outcomes as health, employment, and education might be attributable to inequality of opportunity as determined by neighborhood environments. We study census data to identify neighborhood characteristics in addition to poverty that might help to explain these disparities. We focus on the Moving to Opportunity housing-relocation experiment and show that because program participants typically moved from one predominately black neighborhood to another, their new low-poverty neighborhoods may have provided little to no change in neighborhood quality. These circumstances are helpful in understanding how results from the Moving to Opportunity program should inform views of neighborhood effects.

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