Reporter's Notebook

San Diego

Before Gaston Caperton leaves his new position at the College Board, every high school in America will include Advanced Placement courses in its curriculum, and a vast Internet site will offer services to thousands of new members.

That's the vision for the next decade that the president of the 99-year-old nonprofit organization unveiled during the College Board's annual conference in San Diego Oct. 26 through Oct. 30.

Some 1,600 counselors and administrators from high schools and colleges across the country convened to discuss issues surrounding equity in, and...