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- Title
The Effect of Upward Bound Programs on the Attitudes, Motivation, and Academic Achievement of Negro Students.
- Authors
Hunt, David E.; Hardt, Robert H.
- Abstract
This article examines the effect of Upward Bound programs on the attitudes, motivation, and academic achievement of Negro students in the U.S. Project Upward Bound is a precollege enrichment program sponsored by the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) for high school students from low-income families. The purpose of Project Upward Bound as stated in the guidelines is to generate the skills and motivation necessary for college success among young people from low-income backgrounds and inadequate secondary school preparation. Students selected for the programs are required to meet the OEO poverty criterion.
- Subjects
UNITED States; COLLEGE preparation programs; EDUCATIONAL programs; SECONDARY education; ATTITUDE (Psychology); MOTIVATION (Psychology); ACADEMIC achievement; AFRICAN American students
- Publication
Journal of Social Issues, 1969, Vol 25, Issue 3, p117
- ISSN
0022-4537
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1540-4560.1969.tb00610.x