In more recent work in the realm of education, Claude Steele and his associates applied the valuable lessons learned in research on both self-affirmation and stereotype threat to design the “21st Century Program” at the University of Michigan. The program, which included a challenging curriculum modeled after the pioneering work of University of California, Berkeley, mathematics professor Uri Triesman, admitted ethnic majority and minority students in an “honorific” fashion, avoiding the stigmatizing labels associated with most remediation programs, and explicitly affirming to students their potential for success.