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They Went to College Early

Reviews the Program for Early Admission to College of the Fund for the Advancement of Education, a grant making fund established by the Ford Foundation.

The Fund for the Advancement of Education
1957
126 pages

First Printing April 1957
Board Of Directors
Officers
Executive Staff
Talent, Education and Democracy a Foreword
Contents
The Experiment to Date: The Problem to Which It Is Addressed; Five Attacks on the Problem; Origin And Aims of the Early Admission Program; How The Program Has Been Evaluated; Summary of Results to Date
The Colleges, the Scholars and the Comparison Students: How The Scholars Were Chosen; Characteristics of the Scholars; The Comparison Students; How The Colleges Handled the Scholars; The Academic Preparation of the Scholars and Comparisons
The Academic Performance of the Scholars: Grade-Point Averages; Area Tests of the Graduate Record Examinations; Academic Honors and Distinctions
The Social and Emotional Adjustment of the Scholars: Participation in Extra-Curricular Activities; Faculty Ratings of Over-All Adjustment; The Students' Own Testimony; The Findings of the Psychiatrists; Failures, Withdrawals, and Transfers
A Summing Up: The Judgment of the Scholars and Comparison Students; The Verdict of the Independent Evaluators; Comments of Scholars' Parents; The Attitudes of High School Principals; The Views of the Participating Colleges; The Future of Early Admission
Appendix

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