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Should African Americans Trust the College Board with African American Studies?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

However, David Coleman, head of The College Board, insists that the changes were not due to political pressure. Harvard adopted testing in 1934 to select scholarship recipients followed by many other institutions. Fair assessment is essential to achieving true education equity. principles."

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A brief history of the ‘honorific’ Oxbridge M.A. degree

HEPI

in 1793 to 1794 had resided for at least seven terms (there were in those days four terms per year) they tended to either hold college scholarships or be prospective clergymen preparing for ordination. Colleges did not offer any formal teaching to the students leading to the M.A. degrees to high achievements in Honours B.A.

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