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Direct linkAlliance for Excellent Education, 2008
Educators act as advocates every day, and an advocate's greatest tool is credible information. The College Board and the Alliance for Excellent Education are pleased to announce a series of jointly produced fact sheets intended to arm educators and others with information they can use in advocating for their students, professions, and…
Descriptors: Teachers, Enrollment, Public Schools, School Size
Schmidt, Peter – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
Born out of one legal battle over affirmative action, the Texas college-admissions policy known as the "top 10 percent plan" is now at the center of another. The University of Texas at Austin is being challenged in U.S. District Court over its 2004 decision to return to using race-conscious admissions criteria after years without them.…
Descriptors: Class Rank, Public Colleges, Courts, Affirmative Action
Imber, Michael – American School Board Journal, 2002
Discusses shortcomings of student grade-point averages (GPA), including the use of weighted grading. (PKP)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Board of Education Policy, Class Rank, College Admission
