College Knowledge

Praise for College Knowledge Featuring an Updated Introduction for this paperback edition "This is not a book of platitudes and generalities. Instead it offers a wealth of intelligent, specific ideas on how to improve American education for all students. And while educators will find the book enlightening, parents and high school students will be interested to learn what a genuine ?college prep? program is, how many schools with good reputations fail to provide it, and what they can do to steer their own right course of study." ?Michael Riley, superintendent,Bellevue School District, Bellevue, Washington "For a number of years, Conley has been researching the problem so many students face once they are at their chosen school of higher education: that they are totally unprepared for the academic demands of their institutions . . . He lays out chapter by chapter what is wrong and how it can be remedied . . . Conley sees this problem being alleviated by strict course...