Assesses the feasibility of estimating the impacts of the program, which helps disadvantaged middle school and high school students prepare for, apply to, get financial aid for, and begin attending college. Examines three evaluation options: 1) estimating impacts of the program as a whole in the...

Presents descriptive information on program implementation from the national evaluation, including detailed statistics on Talent Search project hosts and target schools; project staff and organization; and program participants, services, and activities based on data collected from a survey of...

Describes the results of a second set of site visits to 10 grantees, highlighting common activities and challenges faced during the first year, as well as impacts at the individual and institutional levels. Major activities included redesigning curriculum and providing technology training to...

Provides a comprehensive profile of the program, including participant demographics, services provided, and performance outcomes, using data from 1998-1999. The data, submitted by almost all funded projects, represent over 150,000 participants. Thirty-nine percent of participants used programs...

Provides a comprehensive profile of the program, including participant and school demographics, services offered, and performance outcomes, using 1999-2000 performance reports submitted by 355 projects serving over 300,000 participants. Notes that 97 percent of middle school participants and 95...

Provides a comprehensive profile of the program, including participant and school demographics, services offered, and performance outcomes, using 1998-1999 performance reports submitted by 355 projects serving over 300,000 participants. Notes that 52 percent of participants continued from a...

Provides guidance on key issues affecting the operations of this scholarship program designed to encourage undergraduates from disadvantaged backgrounds to pursue careers in biomedical research. Shows how using disadvantaged background alone as an eligibility criterion cannot increase...