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April 25, 2012Detroit News article highlights AP Day for high schoolers at Wayne State
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120425/SCHOOLS/204250342#ixzz1t37URKVD
The Helen DeRoy Auditorium at Wayne State University was packed with high school students listening as American history professors discussed the Civil War. More than 1,300 Metro Detroit students participated in an Advanced Placement (AP) enrichment day, attending lectures by college professors who volunteered to teach subjects including calculus, biology, psychology, foreign languages and English literature. Marc Kruman, chair of the university's history department, who was lecturing on the causes of the Civil War, said AP high-school students come to college well prepared. "We provide two things to the students on this day," he said. "The first is intellectual enrichment on the eve of their AP exams and second, they've been taking college level classes in a high-school setting, so now they get two hours here to see what college is all about."
The Helen DeRoy Auditorium at Wayne State University was packed with high school students listening as American history professors discussed the Civil War. More than 1,300 Metro Detroit students participated in an Advanced Placement (AP) enrichment day, attending lectures by college professors who volunteered to teach subjects including calculus, biology, psychology, foreign languages and English literature. Marc Kruman, chair of the university's history department, who was lecturing on the causes of the Civil War, said AP high-school students come to college well prepared. "We provide two things to the students on this day," he said. "The first is intellectual enrichment on the eve of their AP exams and second, they've been taking college level classes in a high-school setting, so now they get two hours here to see what college is all about."
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