Late Tuesday night, the Faculty Senate of Baylor University in Waco, TX passed a motion criticizing the Admissions office initiative to pay incoming Freshman to retake the SATs in hopes of improving the incoming scores. If students raised their score by 50 points or more, they received $1,000 merit scholarship aid; for simply retaking the test, they received a $300 credit towards books.
Check out the entire article at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/education/16baylor.html?_r=1&ref=education&oref=slogin
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