The Confidence Game in Honors Admissions and Retention.

An essay is presented which discusses the measurement of student success in the University of South Alabama's honors courses. It is critical on the overreliance of some school administrations on data-driven assessments, such as ACT Assessment scores and grade point average (GPA), for the prediction of student success. It notes the significant contribution of the university's decreased honors program requirements to the percentage of students who completed the course.