2024年2月19日

The College Board has appointed Susquehanna University’s Nick 克拉克, department head and professor of 政治科学, to serve as the Advanced Placement lead college faculty consultant, known as the chief reader, for its AP course Comparative Government and Politics.

在这个角色中, 克拉克 contributes to the development of the AP Comparative Government examination and leads over 100 high school AP teachers and college faculty in grading the AP Comparative Government exam each summer. His term lasts through 2027.

“The College Board’s Advanced Placement program impacts high school students across the nation by giving them the opportunity to learn advanced curriculum that can lay the foundation for their college careers and potentially earn them college credits before they even set foot on a university campus,克拉克说. “I’m honored the College Board has given me the opportunity to participate at this level.”

AP Comparative Government and Politics is an introductory college-level course that uses a comparative approach to examine the political structures, 政策, and economic and social challenges of six selected countries: China, 伊朗, 墨西哥, 尼日利亚, Russia and the United Kingdom. 学生s analyze data and text-based sources as they explore topics like power and authority, legitimacy and stability, 民主化, internal and external forces, and methods of political analysis.​​​​​​

克拉克 joined the faculty at Susquehanna in 2013. 从那时起, he has established an impressive record of scholarship focused primarily on the European Union. In 2018, he was awarded the university’s John C. Horn Distinguished Service Lectureship in recognition of his leadership, his skill as a teacher, his rich background of institutional service and his professional résumé as both a practitioner and a scholar.

克拉克 earned his bachelor’s degree from 黑斯廷斯 College, 黑斯廷斯, 内布拉斯加州, master’s degrees from the University of Twente, 恩斯赫德, 荷兰, and the University of 明斯特, 明斯特, 德国, and his doctorate from 印第安纳州 University, 布卢明顿, 印第安纳州.