The Relationship between AP English Language Performance and College Outcomes

This study focused on the relationship between students’ Advanced Placement (AP) English language performance and their subsequent college success. Targeted students were divided into three groups according to their AP English Language performance. Subsequent college success was measured by students’ first-year college GPA, retention to the second year, and institutional selectivity. The demographic characteristics of the three AP performance groups with regard to gender, ethnicity, and best language spoken are provided. Results indicated that, after controlling for students’ SAT scores as a measure of prior academic performance, AP English Language performance was positively related to all three measures of college success.

Advanced Physical Chemistry Problems (II), Hydrogen Atom and Hyrdrogen Molecular Ion

Slightly advanced problems in Physical Chemistry, herein concerning the H-atom and the Hydrogen Molecular Cation, are presented and discussed.

Advanced Physical Chemistry Problems (IV), Thermodynamics (2nd Law)

This is a set of P. Chem. problems posed at a slightly higher level than the normal textbook level, for students who are continuing in the study of this subject.

Advanced Physical Chemistry Problems (V), Thermodynamics (ThermoChemistry)

This is a set of P. Chem. problems posed at a slightly higher level than the normal textbook level, for students who are continuing in the study of this subject.

Reputation and Efficiency: A Nonparametric Assessment of America's Top-Rated MBA Programs

Widely publicized reports of fresh MBAs getting multiple job offers with six-figure annual salaries leave a long-lasting general impression about the high quality of selected business schools. While such spectacular achievement in job placement rightly deserves recognition, one should not lose sight of the resources expended in order to accomplish this result. In this study, we employ a measure of Pareto-Koopmans global efficiency to evaluate the efficiency levels of the MBA programs in Business Week's top-rated list. We compute input- and output-oriented radial and non-radial efficiency measures for comparison. Among three tier groups, the schools from a higher tier group on average are more efficient than those from lower tiers, although variations in efficiency levels do occur within the same tier, which exist over different measures of efficiency.

Advanced Physical Chemistry Problems (VIII), Chemical Equilibrium

This is a set of P. Chem. problems posed at a slightly higher level than the normal textbook level, for students who are continuing in the study of this subject.

Two Perspectives on GIS/LIS Education in the United States

Education in Geographic information science (GIS/LIS) happens in the United States both within surveying-related academic programs and in other academic programs that use spatially oriented data and information. This article presents an overview of two such programs. The first is a four-year Bachelor of Science degree program in Geographic Information Science at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. The second is a concentration with a four-year Bachelor of Science degree program in Natural Resources at the University of Connecticut (UConn). Geographic information science is the primary focus of the Texas A&M program, whereas GIS/LIS is an emphasis of the UConn program. Both approaches are presented for comparison.

Advanced Physical Chemistry Problems (VI), Free Energies

This is a set of P. Chem. problems posed at a slightly higher level than the normal textbook level, for students who are continuing in the study of this subject.

Advanced Physical Chemistry Problems (VII), Phase Equilibria

This is a sset of P. Chem. problems posed at a slightly higher level than the normal textbook level, for students who are continuing in the study of this subject.

Advanced Physical Chemistry Problems (III), Gases and Thermodynamics (1st Law)

This is a set of P, Chem. problems posed at a slightly higher level than the normal textbook level, for students who are continuing in the study of this subject.