Two more articles:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/29/n...-design-microbe-transplant-research.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/09/n...-at-bard-college.html?smid=tw-share&_r=1

A link to the exam questions:

http://www.bard.edu/bardexam/questions/

I don't think this approach solves all the problems but good for Bard for actually doing something different. What I like about this is that it isn't about doing better than everyone else but it's about students' readiness to do college level work.

Did anyone else catch the part about how all homeschoolers passed the essay entrance exam and the youngest one was 15 (I assume he/she was homeschooled)?