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Leadership & Policy

College Board Proposes SAT Overhaul

College Board Proposes SAT OverhaulBERKELEY, Calif.In a bid to avoid losing the University of California as a customer, the head of the College Board has proposed overhauling the SAT I test after university officials criticized the exam and announced they were considering dropping it as an admissions standard. Gaston Caperton, president of the New York-based […]

April 10, 2002

Recruitment & Retention

Career Consultants

Dear BI Career Consultants: How has the role of minority student recruitment officers been changed by the current use of admission “percentage plans,” such as the ones in place in California, Texas and Florida?Essentially, the fundamental role of recruitment officers has not changed, even in the wake of the admission percentage plans at state institutions […]

March 27, 2002

SAT Scores Come Early for Those Willing to Pay Fee

SAT Scores Come Early for Those Willing to Pay FeePRINCETON, N.J.High school students can end the nerve-racking wait for SAT scores a week early, but it will cost them. Students who used the Internet to register for the college-entrance exam received an e-mail two weeks after the test telling them scores were available online immediately […]

March 27, 2002

A Calculating Program

A Calculating ProgramHampton University professor’s grade calculator keeps students, faculty on top of academic performance. Quo Vadis. The phrase literally means “where are you going?” It’s also the name of Hampton University professor Dr. George Burbanck’s innovative grade calculation program, which is saving academic careers at Hampton and winning converts at schools as far away […]

February 27, 2002

Study Finds Clear Evidence of Grade Inflation

Study Finds Clear Evidence of Grade InflationWASHINGTONA report published by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences demonstrates clear evidence of grade and evaluation inflation at U.S. universities. The report “Evaluation and the Academy: Are We Doing the Right Thing?” was authored by Dr. Henry Rosovsky, the former dean of Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts […]

February 27, 2002

UC Faculty Committee Proposes Dropping SAT I

UC Faculty Committee Proposes Dropping SAT IBERKELEY, Calif.The push is on to drop the SAT I as a University of California admissions requirement and a key faculty committee has proposed developing new entry exams tailored to state curriculum. The recommendation is tentative and it will be months before it could come up for a vote […]

February 27, 2002

Florida Scholarship Program at Center Of Racial Bias Probe

Florida Scholarship Program at Center Of Racial Bias ProbeCAMBRIDGE, Mass.Civil rights and education advocacy groups from Florida and around the nation are calling on state leaders to address “racial bias” in the formula used to award Bright Futures scholarships.A letter delivered last month to top state officials charges that “rigid test score cut-offs” on the […]

January 16, 2002

SAT Minority Achievement Gap Persists

SAT Minority Achievement Gap PersistsMore minorities than ever take standardized testBy Ronald RoachWASHINGTONDespite the persistence of a scoring gap between White/Asian American students and underrepresented minorities, the largest and most racially and ethnically diverse group of SAT-tested high school graduates are entering college this fall, according to the College Board.In its annual survey of college-bound […]

September 26, 2001

Community Colleges

Academic Rigor Is Key to Academic Success, Says Education Department Study

Academic Rigor Is Key to Academic Success, Says Education Department StudyWhen it comes to success in college, an academically rigorous high school curriculum may make all the difference, the U.S. Education Department says.In its new report, The Condition of Education, 2001, the department finds encouraging progress on college access. Yet academic rigor is often the […]

July 4, 2001

African-American

Arizona Students Applying to Ivy League Schools Accepted at Lower Rate

Arizona Students Applying to Ivy League Schools Accepted at Lower RatePHOENIXArizona students applying to eight Ivy League schools and Stanford University were accepted at a lower rate than students nationally, according to a survey by The Arizona Republic. One of eight Arizona applicants, or 13 percent, was offered admission to the prestigious universities, compared with […]

June 6, 2001

College Board-Sponsored Study Claims SAT

College Board-Sponsored Study Claims SAT Is Good Predictor of Grades, GraduationMINNEAPOLISAt a time when the SAT college admission tests are under fire, new research says the scores are good forecasters of grades throughout college and whether students stay around to graduate. Critics of the SAT as an admissions tool, however, raised questions early this month […]

May 23, 2001

National Urban League, Businesses Call on Colleges To De-Emphasize Testing

National Urban League, Businesses Call on Colleges To De-Emphasize TestingSome of the nation’s leading companies are joining the National Urban League in a call to halt the pervasive use of standardized tests in college admissions.Assessments such as the Scholastic Aptitude Test are of little importance in determining future leaders, the corporate officials said in a […]

May 9, 2001

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