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• Title: Grades, Scores, And Honors: A Numbers Game?(Forum on "Grades, Scores, And Honors")
• Author : Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council
• Release Date : January 22, 2007
• Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 202 KB

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The surest indicator of college success in honors is a proven high-school record as revealed in grade point average and class rank. No, no, we need to balance those numbers against the ACT/SAT performance. No, no, motivation is the "it" factor; we need to ascertain the prospective student's attitude through an essay and interview. No, no, all of our prospective students are capable and ambitious; we need to know about how well-rounded they are by looking at activities and letters of recommendation. No, no, we have a freshman class of 400; who has time to read all that stuff, which all sounds the same anyway? These are some of the positions honors programs and colleges take toward qualifications for admission. But the question of how important numbers are haunts other decisions as well, such as retention requirements, grading standards in honors courses, graduation requirements, and graduation rates. As we wrestle with this issue in our own programs, we are often pressured by our students, our faculty, administrators, families, and state legislators. As I consider each of several areas in which numbers can be a factor in our standards and expectations for students, I argue that we should be guided by two major values: (1) the specific culture of our honors programs and our institutions, and (2) the noble honors pedagogical and advising tradition of investing in the individual student.

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