Editing Advanced Placement (section)

===20th century===
After the end of [[World War II]], the [[Ford Foundation]] created a fund that supported committees studying education.<ref>{{cite web| title= A Brief History of the Advanced Placement Program| url= http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/about/news_info/ap/ap_history_english.pdf| access-date= January 29, 2009| publisher= [[College Board]]| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090205075824/http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/about/news_info/ap/ap_history_english.pdf| archive-date= February 5, 2009| url-status= dead| df= mdy-all}}</ref> The program, which was then referred to as the "Kenyon Plan",<ref>{{cite web|title=Historical Markers: Kenyon College |url=https://lbis.kenyon.edu/sca/markers/college |access-date=May 29, 2011 |publisher=[[Kenyon College]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719231345/https://lbis.kenyon.edu/sca/markers/college |archive-date=July 19, 2011 }}</ref> was founded and pioneered at [[Kenyon College]] in Gambier, Ohio, by the then-college president [[Gordon Chalmers]]. The first study was conducted by four prep schools—the [[Lawrenceville School]], [[Phillips Academy]], [[Phillips Exeter Academy]], and [[St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire)|St. Paul's School]] —and three universities—[[Harvard University]], [[Princeton University]] and [[Yale University]]. In 1952 they issued the report ''General Education in School and College: A Committee Report'' which recommended allowing high school seniors to study college-level material and to take achievement exams that allowed them to attain college credit for this work.<ref>{{cite journal
 |title=The Liberal Arts in School and College
 |journal=The Chronicle of Higher Education
 |author=Stanley N. Katz
 |url=http://chronicle.com/article/The-Liberal-Arts-in-School-and/10344
 |date=March 10, 2006
 |access-date=January 21, 2011
 |archive-date=June 11, 2011
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611225436/http://chronicle.com/article/The-Liberal-Arts-in-School-and/10344
 |url-status=live
 }}</ref> The second committee, the Committee on Admission with Advanced Standing, developed and implemented the plan to choose a curriculum. A pilot program was run in 1952 which covered eleven disciplines. In the 1955–56 school year, it was nationally implemented in ten subjects: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, English, History, French, German, Spanish, and Latin.

The [[College Board]], a not-for-profit organization<ref>[http://www.collegeboard.com/about/index.html About the College Board] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203085840/http://www.collegeboard.com/about/index.html |date=December 3, 2010 }} from collegeboard.com</ref> based in New York City, has run the AP program since 1955.<ref>[http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/program/history/8019.html The History of the AP Program] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070503202659/http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/program/history/8019.html |date=May 3, 2007 }} from collegeboard.com</ref>

From 1965 to 1989, [[Harlan Hanson]] was the director of the Advanced Placement Program.<ref>{{cite web |last=DiYanni |first=Robert |title=The History of AP Program |url=http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/courses/21502.html |year=2008 |publisher=CollegeBoard.com |access-date=July 23, 2009 |archive-date=July 5, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705050030/http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/courses/21502.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It develops and maintains guidelines for the teaching of higher-level courses in various subject areas. In addition, it supports teachers of AP courses and supports universities.<ref>[http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/program/index.html The Advanced Placement Program] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512151808/http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/program/index.html |date=May 12, 2008 }} from collegeboard.com</ref> These activities are funded through fees required to take the AP exams.