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FRONTLINE; Secrets of the Sat

03/20/2001

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Series

FRONTLINE

Program

Secrets of the Sat

Program Number

1802K2

Series Description

Premiered January 1983 Since January 1983, FRONTLINE has served as American public television's - PBS - flagship public affairs series. Hailed upon its television broadcast debut as "the last best hope for broadcast documentaries," FRONTLINE's stature over 23 years is reaffirmed each week through incisive documentaries covering the scope and complexity of the human experience. Series release date: 1/1983

Program Description

FRONTLINE examines the debate over fairness in college admissions in a program that looks at how the rise of the American meritocracy has created a national obsession with test scores and a multimillion dollar test-prep industry. With legal challenges to affirmative action spreading across the country, FRONTLINE investigates the impact of standardized tests on racial diversity on college campuses. A diverse set of students and their families are followed through the stressful college admissions cycle, sharing their dreams of attending some of the country's most prestigious universities.

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Genres

Documentary

Topics

News

Public Affairs

Citation

Chicago: “FRONTLINE; Secrets of the Sat,” 03/20/2001, GBH Archives, accessed July 27, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_4CB3966E266B4A1CAD8132AD2B294731.

MLA: “FRONTLINE; Secrets of the Sat.” 03/20/2001. GBH Archives. Web. July 27, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_4CB3966E266B4A1CAD8132AD2B294731>.

APA: FRONTLINE; Secrets of the Sat. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_4CB3966E266B4A1CAD8132AD2B294731