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ERIC Number: EJ396799
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Markedly Early Entrance to College: A Multi-Year Comparative Study of Academic Performance and Psychological Adjustment.
Janos, Paul M.; And Others
Journal of Higher Education, v60 n5 p495-518 Sep-Oct 1989
Certain highly able and motivated young adolescents can successfully pursue full-time college-level studies without unreasonable compromises to psychological and social adjustment. Ways in which an adequate program facilitating early college entrance might be structured are suggested. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, College Attendance, Comparative Analysis, Early Admission, Higher Education, Preadolescents, Psychological Needs, Student Development
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: California Personality Inventory; Ford Foundation; Johns Hopkins University MD; University of Washington