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Eire and US Higher Education: Cross-Cultural Lessons
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Marcus, Jon – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2013
In July 2012, the executive doctoral class of 2013 from the University of Pennsylvania's Higher Education Management Program in the Graduate School of Education conducted a study of higher education in Ireland. The international study, an important component of the executive doctoral program, mirrored and built on research completed by Joni Finney…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Higher Education, Doctoral Programs
Predicting SAT Performance from Advanced Course Content and Timing of Matriculation
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Patterson, Jonathan Sparks – ProQuest LLC, 2012
As record numbers of students are applying to selective colleges and universities, students are attempting to set themselves apart from their peers by taking rigorous advanced courses in high school. The race for improving a student's academic record has resulted in more and more students taking these courses earlier and earlier in their high…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Course Content, College Graduates, College Preparation
A Study Comparing the Academic Achievement of African American Male Students Enrolled in Two Types of Nontraditional High Schools
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Rutledge, Anthony B. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examined the relationship of the achievement of African American male students enrolled in an early college high school to those enrolled in a performing arts high school. The Georgia High School Graduation Test (GHSGT) scores of the 11th-grade African American male students from an early college high school were compared to the GHSGT…
Descriptors: High Schools, Standardized Tests, Academic Achievement, Exit Examinations