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Springfield Amherst Summer Academy (SASA) Collection, 1969-1976Finding AidFinding aid prepared by Anne Ostendarp.Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.© 2004
Historical NoteThe Springfield Amherst Summer Academy (SASA) was started in 1969 as the Amherst Summer Action Programs with girls at Smith College and boys at Amherst College. In 1970 it was called the Springfield Amherst Tutorial Program. The program was consolidated at Amherst College in 1971. In 1973 it was renamed SASA. It was designed for minority students from the Springfield, Mass. area, to provide them with on-campus living experience and daily classes in remedial studies and cultural enhancement. The program was an "academic-oriented, live-in summer school program for fifty high school students (mostly from Springfield, Massachusetts)." It provided a structure of academic course work, workshops, and physical activities, as well as planned weekend activities. The participants lived "on a college campus for the purpose of satisfying a minimum of two objectives: establishing communication with Brothers and Sisters on the collegiate leadership level and developing a positive attitude towards collegiate/campus life." Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Contents of the CollectionThe documents include: application forms; curriculum materials including worksheets, "pre-tests" and tests; directory of participants; "SASA family alumni list"; and evaluations. The evaluations, in particular, are a useful, central source of information about the program. The collection does not provide complete documentation of the program and its operations. Return to the Table of Contents Search TermsReturn to the Table of Contents Arrangement of the CollectionThe collection is organized chronologically. Return to the Table of Contents
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