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Intelligence Policy

Its Impact on College Admissions and Other Social Policies

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
  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
    2. The Supply of and Demand for Intelligence

      • Angela Browne-Miller
      Pages 15-24
  5. Mapping Social Policy against a Theoretical Backdrop

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57
    2. Academic Merit versus Fair Representation

      • Angela Browne-Miller
      Pages 65-80
    3. Academic Aptitude versus Achievement

      • Angela Browne-Miller
      Pages 105-124
    4. Rationalist versus Empiricist Views

      • Angela Browne-Miller
      Pages 125-136
    5. 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
    2. Recommendations and Conclusions

      • Angela Browne-Miller
      Pages 179-184
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 191-255

About this book

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

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, USA

    Angela Browne-Miller

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