TERI: The Education Resources Institute (TERI) was founded in 1985 to provide education financing and information services to students and their families.
www.teri.org/index.htm

HEIC: The Higher Education Information Center at the Boston Public Library (700 Boylston Street, 617-536-0200) offers resources, counseling and research materials for higher education information.
www.heic.org

Publications

Braun, L. and Brickman, A. (2000). Information and Counseling Services and the Impact on College Access. Preliminary research report prepared the The Education Resources Institute (TERI).

Schwendeman, R. (1999). A Review of Thirteen Transitional Education Projects or Programs. SABES Central Regional Support Center, Quinsigamond Community College, Worcester, MA. Call 508-854-4286.

Waltz, T. (1994). Transition Time: Student Goals Beyond the GED. Available from the Lutheran Settlement House Women's Program, 1340 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19125

Articles

Bloom, R. (1998). Pilot Cast Study: Persistence of African-American Students in Higher Education. Teaching/Learning Conversations published online through Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD
http://www.aacc.cc.md.us/calt/TLC98/bloom1.htm

Do, V.T. (1996). "Counseling Culturally Different Students in the Community College." Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 20 (1), 9-21.

Life After 40: A New Portrait of Today's and Tomorrow's Postsecondary Students. (1996). Published by The Institute for Higher Education (TERI).
www.teri.org/index.htm

Missed Opportunities: A New Look at Disadvantaged College Aspirants. (1997). Published by The Institute for Higher Education (TERI).
www.teri.org/index.htm

Rance-Roney, J. (1995). Transitioning Adult Learners to Academic Programs. (July 1995). ERIC Digest, Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC.
www.cal.org

Rendon, L. (1995). "Issues of Class and Culture in Today's Community Colleges." Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA, April 18-22, 1995. 9 pp. (ERIC Document no. 383 368.)

Rhoads, R. (1995). "Multiculturalism and the Community College: A Case Study of an Immigrant Education Program." Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA, April 18-22, 1995. 21 pp. (ERIC Document no. 383 371.)

Rosenthal, J.W. (1992). "A Successful Transition: A Bridge Program Between ESL and the Mainstream Classroom." College Teaching, 2:63-66.