Several approaches to raising the academic success of minority high achievers exist in the form of school, community, nonprofit, and university programmatic efforts. This article represents a review of K-12 intervention programs in multiple organizational contexts that serve to strengthen the bridge to higher education for academically promising underrepresented students. The article begins with a framework and context for promoting academic success and college readiness through the educational pipeline, as well as an overview of access issues that impede high-achieving underrepresented students from realizing their full potential, followed by a discussion of specific intervention programs that are designed to remedy this situation.
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