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Intelligence Policy

Its Impact on College Admissions and Other Social Policies

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  • © 1995

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Authors:
  1. Angela Browne-Miller

    1. University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, USA

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Raymond B. Cattell
      Pages 1-4

  3. The Bell Tolls

    1. The Bell Tolls

      • Angela Browne-Miller
      Pages 5-11

  4. The Demand for and Assessment of Mental Ability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. The Supply of and Demand for Intelligence

      • Angela Browne-Miller
      Pages 15-24

    3. The Juxtaposition of Individual and Institutional Assessment

      • Angela Browne-Miller
      Pages 25-55

  5. Mapping Social Policy against a Theoretical Backdrop

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57
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    2. Mapping Admissions and Other Social Policy against a Philosophical Backdrop

      • Angela Browne-Miller
      Pages 59-64

    3. Academic Merit versus Fair Representation

      • Angela Browne-Miller
      Pages 65-80

    4. Intelligence versus Higher Education as a Determinant of Worldly Success

      • Angela Browne-Miller
      Pages 81-104

    5. Academic Aptitude versus Achievement

      • Angela Browne-Miller
      Pages 105-124

    6. Rationalist versus Empiricist Views

      • Angela Browne-Miller
      Pages 125-136

    7. The Illusory Faces of Implicit Intelligence Policy

      • Angela Browne-Miller
      Pages 137-145

  6. The Impact of Implicit Intelligence Policy on Explicit Policy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147
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    2. The Potential Value of Impact Analysis on Intelligence Policy

      • Angela Browne-Miller
      Pages 149-152

    3. The Impact of Implicit Intelligence Policy on Explicit University Admissions Policy

      • Angela Browne-Miller
      Pages 153-177

    4. Recommendations and Conclusions

      • Angela Browne-Miller
      Pages 179-184

    5. From Here to a Coherent and Explicit Intelligence Policy

      • Angela Browne-Miller
      Pages 185-190

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 191-255
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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.

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`If anyone is to lead us out of the mire of false premises and hidden agendas about how we gauge each other, it's likely to be Angela Brown-Miller.'
from the Foreword by Kenneth S. Norris, University of California at Santa Cruz

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  • University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, USA

    Angela Browne-Miller

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