San Francisco Chronicle, May 31, 2009 by David L. Kirp
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/31/ING317S58S.DTL&type=printable
All the research tells the same story: Expectations are crucial. Advise minority students with comparatively weak paper records that they have a decent shot at succeeding, enroll them in highly demanding schools, and they’re more likely to thrive than if they’re fed an intellectual diet of pabulum.