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Direct linkWainer, Howard – Princeton University Press, 2011
"Uneducated Guesses" challenges everything our policymakers thought they knew about education and education reform, from how to close the achievement gap in public schools to admission standards for top universities. In this explosive book, Howard Wainer uses statistical evidence to show why some of the most widely held beliefs in…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, Achievement Gap
Espenshade, Thomas J.; Radford, Alexandria Walton – Princeton University Press, 2009
Against the backdrop of today's increasingly multicultural society, are America's elite colleges admitting and successfully educating a diverse student body? "No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal" pulls back the curtain on the selective college experience and takes a rigorous and comprehensive look at how race and social class impact each stage--from…
Descriptors: College Admission, Selective Admission, Enrollment, Race
Sadler, Philip M., Ed.; Sonnert, Gerhard, Ed.; Tai, Robert H., Ed.; Klopfenstein, Kristin, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2010
With an annual yearly growth rate of 9.3 percent over the last two decades, Advanced Placement courses have become a juggernaut in American high school education. AP courses are routinely perceived as an indicator of educational rigor, and many schools push to enroll low-income or minority students in these courses in the hope of preparing them…
Descriptors: High Schools, Teacher Characteristics, Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education
Whitlock, Baird W. – 1978
The issue of early admissions or high school-college articulation is examined. Following a historical analysis of early college, reasons for and drawbacks to such a change are discussed. The experience at Simon's Rock Early College between 1972 and 1976, when they instituted a four-year program beginning after tenth grade and ending with a B.A.…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Advanced Students, Age, Articulation (Education)
Aber, Joanne – 1996
This book, directed especially to individuals over age 30, takes a how-to approach to earning a college degree in the least amount of time for the least amount of money. The book explains how to use fast-track methods such as "testing out," which takes advantage of prior learning, and accredited shortcuts to earn an accelerated degree. The first…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Admission Criteria
