Attracting Minorities into Teacher Education: A Model Program That Works

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In 1993, it became apparent to the African American

professors at a small midwestern university that several

minority students needed special attention and

encouragement to succeed in teacher education curricula as

well as adjust to living and working in a campus setting.

Many of the students were the first generation of their

family to attend a university and in many instances they

were unfamiliar with written guidelines and policies. They

needed a support system that would help them to find

university resources, such as graduate study funding,

research support, tutoring social systems and networks for

placements in future teaching positions.

To determine the scope of the problem, fifty state