A university helps prepare low income youths for college - Tracking schoolsuccess

This article examines college preparation programs for low-income urban min ority youths. It offers an overview of models of college preparation and an alyzes one particular university-sponsored inner-city program in which appr oximately 67% of the participating students graduated from high school and enrolled in a four-year university. Finally, the authors propose a "cultura lly responsive model" that would require affirmation of local identities an d active participation of families, teachers, and universities.