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Rhea, David M. – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2017
Many honors programs make admissions decisions based on student high school GPA and a standardized test score. However, McKay argued that standardized test scores can be a barrier to honors program participation, particularly for minority students. Minority students, particularly Hispanic and African American students, are apt to have lower…
Descriptors: Regression (Statistics), Honors Curriculum, College Freshmen, Admission Criteria
Schuman, Samuel – National Collegiate Honors Council, 2013
Although honors students are highly motivated and intellectually promising, they are not empty cognitive vessels ready to be filled with professorial knowledge. They are, instead, complex, multifaceted young people, sometimes troubled, often delighted and delightful. While at college they are learning how to live their lives not just as…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Holistic Approach, Undergraduate Students, Wellness
Corcoran, Jerry – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2015
The Illinois Valley Community College (IVCC) Honors Program's mission is to "promote the identification and achievement of education and/or career goals for its participants by offering a specially designed honors curriculum, by providing stimulating academic and social program events, and by facilitating and recognizing student pursuits in…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Honors Curriculum, Program Descriptions, Institutional Mission
Koch, Susan J. – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2015
In this article Chancellor Susan Koch considers the value of the honors program at her institute, the University of Illinois at Springfield. She begins by reflecting on her own under graduate experience at her alma mater, Dakota State University and explains how her experience there helped her to create the honors program at the University of…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Relevance (Education), College Programs, Program Descriptions