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Urban Access Program Aims High for Disadvantaged Students
Sivaughn Chapman, once a high school student told college was impossible, now leads a university program that helps people limited by social and economic barriers, including blacks, Puerto Ricans, whites, American Indians, welfare mothers, and ex convicts. The effort traces back to the Morrill Act and Civil Rights pressures, facing funding scrutiny as enthusiasm wanes.
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