Intelligence Policy: Its Impact on College Admissions and Other Social Policies
β Scribed by Angela Browne-Miller (auth.)
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 260
- Series
- Environment, Development, and Public Policy
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
The author examines the numerous facets of 'implicit intelligence policies'those unspoken directives that often profoundly influence social and educational policies-and their impact on policies regarding measured and actual mental ability.
β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Introduction....Pages 1-4
The Bell Tolls....Pages 5-11
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
The Supply of and Demand for Intelligence....Pages 15-24
The Juxtaposition of Individual and Institutional Assessment....Pages 25-55
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
Mapping Admissions and Other Social Policy against a Philosophical Backdrop....Pages 59-64
Academic Merit versus Fair Representation....Pages 65-80
Intelligence versus Higher Education as a Determinant of Worldly Success....Pages 81-104
Academic Aptitude versus Achievement....Pages 105-124
Rationalist versus Empiricist Views....Pages 125-136
The Illusory Faces of Implicit Intelligence Policy....Pages 137-145
Front Matter....Pages 147-147
The Potential Value of Impact Analysis on Intelligence Policy....Pages 149-152
The Impact of Implicit Intelligence Policy on Explicit University Admissions Policy....Pages 153-177
Recommendations and Conclusions....Pages 179-184
From Here to a Coherent and Explicit Intelligence Policy....Pages 185-190
Back Matter....Pages 191-255
β¦ Subjects
Psychology, general; Education (general); Sociology, general
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