Ep 3: The College Board [Ramble]

Mar 3, 2019 · 37m 56s
Ep 3: The College Board [Ramble]
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Every year since I was a wee freshman, CollegeBoard slaps in the face with fees for AP exams. This time, I decided to research why CollegeBoard charges so much money...

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Every year since I was a wee freshman, CollegeBoard slaps in the face with fees for AP exams. This time, I decided to research why CollegeBoard charges so much money for a single test and why exactly it exists. In the process, I learn about how CollegeBoard works, their "non-profit" status, amongst other things.

Love getting slapped in the face again finding out that 52.7% of students failed the AP Lit exam in 2018. Not a sign of a good system.
Hope you learn something from this ep :)
-Kaylen

Main Sources Used:
The College Board Monopoly on Education: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDHO6e7hP7g
College Board fees: https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat/register/fees
CB's Lobbying: https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000049487
2017 Audit: https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/display_audit/1060820171
990 Form: http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/documents/local/college-board-990-form/1761/
TREVOR PACKERRR (scroll down to the comments): https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2012/10/16/is-the-college-board-a-nino-nonprofit-in-name-only/
AP Score Distributions: https://apscore.collegeboard.org/scores/about-ap-scores/score-distributions//
Michael Cohen Threatened the College Board: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/us/politics/trump-school-grades.html
AP Program Criticism: https://blog.prepscholar.com/ap-college-board-management
Definition of a monopoly: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/monopoly.html
Is College Board a Non-Profit?
http://philosophyofscienceportal.blogspot.com/2009/05/college-boardnonprofit.html
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