A Simple AP Expedition – Press Release

On August 7, Jason Mims travels to New York to begin a Simple AP Expedition.  He is in search of reasons why the College Board does not provide students the option of taking an Advanced Placement African American Studies class while they are in high school. 

College Board leadership may not be available to discuss the issue during the two weeks that he will be in New York.  Nevertheless, Mims insists on doing what he can to get insights from the primary sources located at the College Board headquarters in New York City.

AP classes are college-level classes offered to high school students.  The College Board offers students over 30 courses in a variety of disciplines.  Students who pass the AP exams can earn college credits.  The School District of Hillsborough County in Tampa received the College Board’s Beacon Award in July 2011 for being the school district with the greatest number of students in the nation who passed AP exams.

During the 30-year era of Space Shuttle expeditions from 1981 through 2011, the AP Program has been successful in expanding “a body of knowledge that it passes from generation to generation.” 

Mims hopes that the College Board will develop a class so that rigorous concepts related to black life in America become part of the body of knowledge passed from generation to generation of high-achieving students in the post-Space Shuttle Era.

For more information about A Simple AP Expedition, visit www.mimsinstitute.com or contact Jason Mims, founder of The MIMS Institute, at 813-787-0392.

Current AP Courses

1.       Advanced Placement Art-Drawing	2.       Advanced Placement Art-History of
3.       Advanced Placement Biology	4.       Advanced Placement Calculus AB
5.       Advanced Placement Calculus BC	6.       Advanced Placement Chemistry
7.       Advanced Placement Comparative Government	8.       Advanced Placement English Language
9.       Advanced Placement English Literature	10.    Advanced Placement Environmental Science
11.    Advanced Placement European History	12.    Advanced Placement Human Geography
13.    Advanced Placement Latin: Latin Lit	14.    Advanced Placement Latin: Vergil
15.    Advanced Placement Macroeconomics	16.    Advanced Placement Microeconomics
17.    Advanced Placement Music Theory	18.    Advanced Placement Physics B
19.    Advanced Placement Physics C:	20.    Advanced Placement Psychology
21.    Advanced Placement Statistics	22.    Advanced Placement Studio Art
23.    Advanced Placement Studio Art	24.    Advanced Placement United States Government
25.    Advanced Placement United States History	26.    Advanced Placement World History
27.    Advanced Placement-French Literature	28.    Advanced Placement-French Language
29.    Advanced Placement-Spanish Literature	30.    Advanced Placement-Spanish Language

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