In this important resource, Dr. Fleming (a noted expert in the field of minority retention) draws on educational evaluations she has developed in the course of her distinguished career. This book analyzes the common factors and the role institutional characteristics play in minority student retention to show what really works in increasing academic performance among minority students and includes models of evaluations that describe successful programs that use statistical methods to verify outcomes.

Preface ixAbout the Author xiii1 Overview 1PART ONE: SETTING THE STAGE: AS THEY ENTER HIGHER EDUCATION152 Success Factors in the Academic Performance of Inner-CityYouth: Project Forward Leap 173 How Perceptions of Racial Climate Affect Academic Adjustmentand Learning 34PART TWO: PROGRAMS IN MATH, SCIENCE, AND ENGINEERING494 What Successful Students in Science Know About Learning:Gateway to Higher Education 515 Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and Academic Performance:Summer Bridge for Entering Minority Engineering Students atCalifornia State University at Northridge 626 Retaining Students in Engineering at the City College of NewYork: How a Successful Program Works 747 Enhancing Learning in Science Programs at the City College ofNew York 868 Preparing Minority Students to Compete at the Cutting Edge:The CCNY CREST Center 1029 Who Will Do Math, Science, Engineering, and Technology?Academic Achievement Among Minority Students in SeventeenInstitutions 120With Dawn R. Person10 Doubling the Number of Minority Students in Science,Engineering, and Math: The Xavier University of Louisiana Alliancefor Minority Participation 135With Carole MorningPART THREE: PROGRAMS AT MINORITY-SERVING UNIVERSITIES15511 The 4th Hour Algebra Project: University of Texas, PanAmerican 157With J. Rene Torres12 Why Good Students Drop Out: Retention and Performance ofHonors Students at Texas Southern University 17013 When Underprepared Students Stay in College: The Fast TrackProgram at Texas Southern University 18414 Problem-Solving Instruction: How Much Is Enough to IncreaseVerbal and Analytical Skills in Minority Students? 20115 Does Multicultural Content Make a Difference in the ReadingComprehension Performance of African American Students? ProjectGRAD at Texas Southern University 21916 Multicultural Content and the Mathematics Performance ofAfrican American Students at Texas Southern University 233With Jason GuoPART FOUR: CONCLUSION 24517 Enhancing the Performance of Minorities: Lessons from ProgramEvaluation 247APPENDICES2 Project Forward Leap--Methodological Details 2813 The Racial Climate at Eastern University--InterviewQuestions 2854 Gateway to Higher Education--Methodological Details2875 Summer Bridge for Entering Minority Engineering Students atCalifornia State University at Northridge--MethodologicalDetails 2926 Retaining Students in Engineering at the City College of NewYork--Methodological Details 2957 Science Programs at the City College of NewYork--Methodological Details 3008 The CCNY CREST Center--Methodological Details 3059 Who Will Do Math, Science, Engineering, andTechnology?--Methodological Details 30710 The Xavier University of Louisiana Alliance for MinorityParticipation--Methodological Details 31111 The 4th Hour Algebra Project--Methodological Details31312 Retention and Performance of Honors Students at TexasSouthern University--Methodological Details 31613 The Fast Track Program at Texas SouthernUniversity--Methodological Details 31914 Problem-Solving Instruction--Methodological Details32315 Does Multicultural Content Make a Difference in the ReadingComprehension Performance of African AmericanStudents?--Methodological Details 32916 Multicultural Content and the Mathematics Performance ofAfrican American Students at Texas SouthernUniversity--Methodological Details 333References 339Subject Index 371Name Index 377