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$25M Foundation Grant Promotes Internships Among Humanities Majors

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Mellon Foundation has awarded a total $25 million in grant funding to five public colleges and universities to establish paid internship programs for humanities majors. To those ends, the humanities internship grants aim to make internship participation more widely available for humanities majors.

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Addressing Community College Enrollment Concerns

NACAC's Admitted

Academic roadblocks: What trends are the staff in your college’s placement testing office and registrar’s office seeing? This would include the speed and pace of English instruction and the teaching and curriculum approach used for math instruction.) How are students right out of high school doing on the placement tests?

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The AP Program: The Good News and the Bad News

College Planners of America

Earning high grades on Advanced Placement (AP) exams can foster both results. That’s the case with Advanced Placement courses, one of the great frauds perpetrated on American high-school students. ” AP courses are free as part of a high school’s curriculum. But there is a dark side to the AP program. and Canada.

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The AP Program: The Good News and the Bad News

College Planners of America

Earning high grades on Advanced Placement (AP) exams can foster both results. That’s the case with Advanced Placement courses, one of the great frauds perpetrated on American high-school students. ” AP courses are free as part of a high school’s curriculum. But there is a dark side to the AP program. and Canada.

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Addressing Community College Enrollment Concerns

NACAC's Admitted

Academic roadblocks: What trends are the staff in your college’s placement testing office and registrar’s office seeing? This would include the speed and pace of English instruction and the teaching and curriculum approach used for math instruction.) How are students right out of high school doing on the placement tests?

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The AP Program’s Impact On Secondary Education

College Planners of America

Experts in higher education have long criticized the Advanced Placement (AP) program, but few have been as scathing as John Tierney, a professor at Boston College. That’s the case with Advanced Placement courses, one of the great frauds perpetrated on American high-school students. That’s a powerful statement.

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CLEP Exams Help Non-Traditional Students Earn a Degree

College Planners of America

The student receives credits for a college course, exemption from a required course, and/or advanced placement in the curriculum of a bachelor’s degree program. Review the college’s CLEP policy closely to verify that it grants credit for the particular CLEP exams that the student is considering taking.