Topics

AdministrationViolenceSupervisionLeadership

Adult EducationCorp. Training and Continuing Ed.LiteracyTransformative Learning

Assessment & EvaluationProgram EvaluationAlternative AssessmentGradingStandardized Testing

Social ContextHistory of SchoolingPhilosophyUrban EducationEconomics and School-to-workRural EducationSociology of EducationWar and EducationPost-Industrial Education

CounselingSecondary SchoolsCollege Advising

CurriculumControlArtsSocial StudiesHealth and NutritionLanguage ArtsMathematicsPeace StudiesScience

DiversityRace and EthnicityAt-Risk StudentsSpecial NeedsGender and Sexuality

Early Childhood EducationPre-School and Child CareEarly Childhood Development

Higher EducationAdmissions and TuitionFacultyPolicyStudent and Community Life

International EducationComparative EducationEducational Development

LearningCognitionParental InfluenceEducational Psychology

PolicyReformCharters & VouchersHigh-Stakes TestingStandardsAthletes and AcademicsDropoutsIndependent SchoolsPhilanthropyPoliticsReligionTracking

Research MethodsQualitative MethodsSurvey ResearchExperimental ResearchLibrariesWriting for Publication

Teacher EducationProfessional DevelopmentSchools of EducationStudent Teaching

TeachingTeaching ProfessionSupply and DemandWorking Conditions

TechnologyTechnology in the ClassroomDistance LearningTechnology EducationPublishing and CommunicationOnline Publishing

IntersectionsPolicy and Teaching Practice

Discussion
My Experience Technology - Good for Students AND Teachers Fiddling with Indicators while using Toxic Tests Ode to Dewey Clearly Articulated Proposal--Thank You!
more >>

Announcements

Call for Paprers: Teaching in a Pandemic: Reaching Multilingual and Marginalized Students

Call for Book Chapters

Research on Education in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Middle East

make a post | more >>

The Early Admissions Game: Joining the Elite

reviewed by Fred Jacobs - 2004

Title: The Early Admissions Game: Joining the Elite
Author(s): Christopher Avery, Andrew Fairbanks & Richard Zeckhauser
Publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge
ISBN: 0674010558, Pages: 377, Year: 2003
Search for book at Amazon.com

Recently, the state of Maryland increased the minimum age for obtaining a driver's license from sixteen to eighteen. This was advocated as a matter of public safety since a disproportional number of auto accidents and fatalities involved sixteen to twenty year olds. While the overall effect of this change has been positive, with a decline in the number of accidents and deaths, some teens have lamented the lost opportunity to get behind the wheel-and take off. They argue that the change in minimum age adds to the general emotional and psychological pressures they face, and delays their transition to adulthood. � Certainly, teenagers face varied pressures as they move toward independent lives, including uncertainties about professional choices, economic prospects, education beyond secondary school, and rapid social change. For most high school students, the age change from sixteen to eighteen moves the angst associated with that rite of passage (Will I pass the test? Will I have my own car? Will I be able to afford its... (preview truncated at 150 words.)

To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:

Cite This Article as: Teachers College Record Volume 106 Number 2, 2004, p. 280-283
https://www.tcrecord.org ID Number: 11181, Date Accessed: 8/6/2020 9:29:06 AM

Purchase Reprint Rights for this article or review

Article Tools
Email this article Print this article Post a Comment

Related Discussion

Post a Comment \| Read All

About the Author
Fred Jacobs American University E-mail Author Frederic Jacobs is a professor of education at American University, Washington DC. Professor Jacobs was an administrator and faculty member at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY before joining American University as Dean of Faculties in 1985. Since 1993, he has been a full time member of the faculty, and serves as Director of the Ph.D. program. His current research focuses on adult literacy and adult participation in postsecondary education.

Member Center
	Welcome! Sign-in Submit My Work TCR @ Your Library Book Reviews @ Your Library

In Print

This Month's Issue
Back Issues: