Intelligence Policy Its Impact on College Admissions and Other Social Policies

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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Browne-Miller, Angela
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1995, 1995
Edition:1st ed. 1995
Series:Environment, Development and Public Policy: Public Policy and Social Services
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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505 0 |a 1. The Bell Tolls -- Specific Objectives -- Definitions and Structure -- I. The Demand for and Assessment of Mental Ability -- 2. The Supply of and Demand for Intelligence -- 3. The Juxtaposition of Individual and Institutional Assessment -- II. Mapping Social Policy Against a Theoretical Backdrop -- 4. Mapping Admissions and Other Social Policy against a Philosophical Backdrop -- 5. Academic Merit versus Fair Representation: A Case Study of the Undergraduate Admissions Policy at the University of California at Berkeley -- 6. Intelligence versus Higher Education as a Determinant of Worldly Success: The Sociopolitical Perspective -- 7. Academic Aptitude versus Achievement: Scientific Interpretations of Intelligence -- 8. Rationalist versus Empiricist Views: The Philosophical Backdrop on the Learnability of Intelligence -- 9. The Illusory Faces of Implicit Intelligence Policy -- III. The Impact of Implicit Intelligence Policy on Explicit Policy -- 10. The Potential Value of Impact Analysis on Intelligence Policy -- 11. The Impact of Implicit Intelligence Policy on Explicit University Admissions Policy -- 12. Recommendations and Conclusions: Toward a Coherent and Explicit Intelligence Policy -- 13. From Here to a Coherent and Explicit Intelligence Policy -- Appendixes -- A. Relevant Models of Impact Analysis -- B. Adaptation of Impact Analysis to Intelligence Policy Analysis -- C. Relevant Documents -- Notes -- About the Author 
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520 |a 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