Editing Phillips Academy (section)

=== Post-war to present ===
[[John M. Kemper|John Kemper]] (h. 1948–71) updated the curriculum and improved salaries and benefits for faculty members.<ref>Allis, pp. 541-49.</ref> Under his leadership, Andover co-authored a study on high school students' preparation for college coursework, which led to the creation of the [[Advanced Placement]] program.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-03-22 |title=The Chronicle: 3/10/2006: The Liberal Arts in School and College |url=http://chronicle.com/free/v52/i27/27b04601.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090322190450/http://chronicle.com/free/v52/i27/27b04601.htm |archive-date=March 22, 2009 |access-date=2023-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools |url=http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/about/news_info/ap/ap_history_english.pdf |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 |access-date=2023-08-13}}</ref><ref>Allis, pp. 549-54.</ref> Although tightening academic standards at elite universities and increased competition from public schools caused Andover's college placement record to decline significantly during Kemper's administration—the proportion of graduates attending Yale, Harvard, or Princeton fell to 55% in 1953 and 33% in 1967—nearly every major boarding school endured similar declines during this period.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Gordon |first=Michael |date=1969 |title=Changing Patterns of Upper-Class Prep School College Placements |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1388210 |journal=The Pacific Sociological Review |volume=12 |issue=1 |pages=24 |doi=10.2307/1388210 |jstor=1388210 |issn=0030-8919}}</ref>

Like many other boarding school administrators, Kemper and his successors also sought to democratize the campus. Andover began to admit more black students in the 1950s and 1960s, but progress was slow; by 1978, 6% of the student body was black or Hispanic.<ref>Allis, p. 626.</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=1978-06-05 |title=Education: Shedding That Preppy Image |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,916180,00.html |access-date=2024-03-18 |magazine=Time |language=en-US |issn=0040-781X}}</ref> Andover abolished secret societies in 1949, although one society still exists.<ref>{{cite web |title=Secret Societies once Clubs, Now Underground. The Phillipian |url=http://www.phillipian.net/articles/secret-societies-once-clubs-choice-now-underground |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312144258/http://phillipian.net/articles/secret-societies-once-clubs-choice-now-underground |archive-date=March 12, 2012 |access-date=March 22, 2010 |work=Phillipian.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=T.U.B. Secret Society Leaves Its Mark at the OWHL |url=https://phillipian.net/2016/10/27/t-u-b-secret-society-leaves-mark-owhl/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311063527/https://phillipian.net/2016/10/27/t-u-b-secret-society-leaves-mark-owhl/ |archive-date=2021-03-11 |access-date=January 4, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=October 8, 2021 |title=The History of the Ban of Secret Societies at Andover |url=https://phillipian.net/2021/10/08/the-history-of-the-ban-of-secret-societies-at-andover/ |website=The Phillipian}}</ref> It also abolished mandatory attendance at religious services in the early 1970s.<ref>Allis, pp. 646, 659-60.</ref> Phillips Academy became co-educational in 1973, when it merged with its sister school Abbot Academy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Abbot Academy |url=https://www.andover.edu/alumni/alumni-connect/abbot-academy |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Phillips Academy}}</ref> 

During this period, Andover also began coordinating policy with other large and wealthy secondary schools. In 1952, the [[Ten Schools Admission Organization]] began coordinating outreach to potential applicants and streamlining the admissions process.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home - Ten Schools |url=https://www.tenschools.org/ |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=www.tenschools.org |language=en-US}}</ref> After Kemper's retirement, Andover became a founding member of the [[Eight Schools Association]], an informal group of headmasters of large boarding schools that began meeting in the 1970s and formalized in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Taylor |date=2008-02-14 |title=History of the Association |url=https://phillipian.net/2008/02/14/history-of-the-association/ |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=The Phillipian}}</ref><ref name="kim">{{cite news |last=Kim |first=Josh |date=14 May 2010 |title=The Eight Schools Association: Who? What? When? Where? Why? |url=http://thenews.choate.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=363:the-eight-schools-association-who-what-when-where-why&catid=14:features&Itemid=4 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721045647/http://thenews.choate.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=363:the-eight-schools-association-who-what-when-where-why&catid=14:features&Itemid=4 |archive-date=21 July 2012 |access-date=26 September 2012 |newspaper=The News}}</ref>

[[Raynard S. Kington]] has been Head of School since 2019. He was previously the president of [[Grinnell College]] in Iowa.<ref>{{cite web |title=President of Grinnell College named Phillips Academy's 16th Head of School |url=https://www.andover.edu/news/2019/16th-head-of-school |access-date=June 11, 2020 |publisher=Phillips Academy}}</ref> The previous Head of School was law professor (and 1990 Exeter graduate) [[John Palfrey]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=All things being equal |url=https://www.exeter.edu/news/all-things-being-equal |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=Phillips Exeter Academy |date=May 10, 2022 |language=en}}</ref> who left Andover to take over the [[MacArthur Foundation]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-03-14 |title=Head of School John Palfrey to Leave Andover |url=https://phillipian.net/2019/03/14/head-of-school-john-palfrey-to-leave-andover/ |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=The Phillipian}}</ref> The academy is supervised by a board of trustees, all of whom are alumni except the Head of School.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trustees |url=https://www.andover.edu/about/trustees |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=Andover {{!}} An independent and inclusive coed boarding high school |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Currie">{{cite web |date=February 15, 2011 |title=Currie '74 Elected to Succeed Tang as Board President July 2012 |url=http://www.andover.edu/About/Newsroom/Pages/CurrieToSucceedTang2011.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130316062525/http://www.andover.edu/About/Newsroom/Pages/CurrieToSucceedTang2011.aspx |archive-date=March 16, 2013 |access-date=July 29, 2012 |publisher=Phillips Academy |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="New Members">{{cite web |date=July 19, 2012 |title=New members join Andover Board of Trustees |url=http://www.andover.edu/About/Newsroom/Pages/NewTrustees2012.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029233335/http://www.andover.edu/About/Newsroom/Pages/NewTrustees2012.aspx |archive-date=October 29, 2013 |access-date=July 29, 2012 |publisher=Phillips Academy}}</ref> It is accredited by the [[New England Association of Schools and Colleges]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-12 |title=Phillips Academy {{!}} NEASC - New England Association of Schools and Colleges |url=https://www.neasc.org/institution/phillips-academy-0 |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=www.neasc.org |language=en}}</ref>