The Database Monitoring System: Making It Work. Comprehensive Regional Centers for Minorities Proceedings of the Eastern (Baltimore, Maryland, October 2-3, 1993) and Western (El Paso, Texas, October 9-10, 1993) Regional Conferences.

The conferences generated comprehensive updates of changes in the CRCM database-monitoring system and described some successful CRCM programs that are based on using the database. The CRCM activity is a comprehensive approach that enables eligible organizations to institute systemic change to address issues of precollege minority achievement in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology. The Eastern and Western conferences, with approximately 40 and 38 participants, respectively, highlighted effective strategies and models. Agendas from both conferences are included. Each included an overview of the purposes and history of the database, and each discussed the minimum obligatory set (MOS). Both conferences discussed future directions for the database. Each conference presented CRCM working papers from participant universities and colleges. (SLD)