UT Board Votes to Promote AP Course Access

Black Issues in Higher Education, Sept 2, 1999

AUSTIN, Texas -- The University of Texas System Board of Regents announced, last month, plans to increase the number of disadvantaged high school students taking Advanced Placement courses, according to a story in the UT Daily Texan.

The AP initiative -- designed to encourage more students to complete college-level courses before high school graduation -- will help disadvantaged students succeed in college, Regent Raul Romero, chairman of the Special Committee on Minorities and Women and organizer of the initiative, told the student newspaper.

"Disadvantaged students deserve the chance to complete college-level course work, and to build the sort of credentials that will lift the education and life prospects of thousands of young Texans," he says.

Romero says the AP program has been shown to motivate students for higher education. The initiative will provide more information concerning AP courses to students, parents, and teachers, and will help train teachers to teach AP classes.