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Peer reviewedCole, Beverly P. – Negro Educational Review, 1987
Using college entrance exams as a primary criterion for college admission discriminates against minorities and the poor, but the practice continues. Coaching for these exams is done in test preparation clinics. One clinic run by the NAACP substantially raised the scores of Blacks but not those of minorities as a whole. (VM)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Black Students, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations
