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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Talent Search"”.
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Assessing the Efficacy of the Talent Search Program
… study assessed the efficacy of one TRIO program, Talent Search. This study compared the postsecondary enrollment of Talent Search participants and non participants. The comparison was conducted on a sample of 284 low-income college ready seniors from three south central Kentucky high schools. …
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Parental decision-making regarding their child's participation in a middle-school talent search.
… child's participation in a national gifted and talented identification program for middle school students and subsequent participation in recommended educational options. One hundred sixty-nine parents of students who qualified for either the 2001-2002 or 2002-2003 Duke Talent Identification …
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Educational Talent Search: Assessing Student Outcomes for First-Generation, Low-Income Students in Rural Georgia
The Educational Talent Search (ETS) program is a pre-college information dissemination program that works with potential first-generation, low-income sixth through twelfth graders. The goal of the ETS program is to increase the number of first-generation, lowincome students graduating from high …
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Factors Influencing College Attendance of Appalachian Kentucky Students Participating in a Federal Educational Talent Search Program
… of the students participating in the Educational Talent Search program located at a regional University in south-central Kentucky. Part of this objective, with regards to the demographic characteristics, was to determine if any trends emerged during the analysis of the data collected. The second …
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Information Technology Career Decision Making: Validating Models of Self-Authorship in Middle and High School Students Enrolled in Upward Bound and Talent Search Programs in Rural Appalachia
… and career resources. The Upward Bound and Talent Search programs respond to the academic and career needs of disadvantaged students and aim to educate students about high skills jobs but little is known about interest in IT careers among middle and high school students in rural Appalachia. …
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Analyzing Locational and Socio-economic Factors to Determine Efficacy of TRIO Programs in Metropolitan New Orleans
… as well as those most “at-risk.” Educational Talent Search programs were founded in 1965 as outreach programs to provide services and activities to the “at-risk” population to promote high school retention and graduation rates. The University of New Orleans has three Educational Talent Search …
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Holy or unholy matrimony: does participation in a pre-college program influence the retention rate of African American males in college
… the necessary academic and social support researchers have found to be integral to the success of students in college (Astin, 1993; Swail, Redd & Perna, 2003 and Tinto, 1993). One of the federal government’s responses to this issue is the development of numerous pre-college programs. The aim …
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Tellin' It Like It Is: Disempowerment and Marginalization of First-generation, Low-income College Students: a Participatory Research
… Using dialogic introspection and participatory research, the participants reflected on their experiences in the areas of disempowerment, marginalization, educational equity, oppression and the needs and concerns of first-generation low-income students. Generative themes fell into three areas: …