Intelligence Policy: Its Impact on College Admissions and Other Social Policies

by Angela Browne-Miller

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461357582
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	10/17/2012
Series:	Environment, Development and Public Policy: Public Policy and Social Services
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995
Pages:	255
Product dimensions:	0.00(w) x 0.00(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

The Bell Tolls. The Demand for and Assessment of Mental Ability: The Supply of and Demand for Intelligence. The Juxtaposition of Individual and Institutional Assessment. Mapping Social Policy against a Theoretical Backdrop: Academic Merit versus Fair Representation: A Case Study of Undergraduate Admissions Policy at the University of California at Berkeley. Mapping Admissions and Other Social Policy against a Philosophical Backdrop. Intelligence versus Higher Education as a Determinant of Worldly Success: The Sociopolitical Perspective. Academic Aptitude versus Achievement: Scientific Interpretations of Intelligence. Rationalist versus Empiricist Views: The Philosophical Backdrop on the Learnability of Intelligence. The Illusory Faces of Implicit Intelligence Policy. The Impact of Implicit Intelligence Policy on Explicit Policy: The Potential Value of Impact Analysis on Intelligence Policy. The Impact of Implicit Intelligence Policy on Explicit University Admissions Policy. Recommendations and Conclusions: Toward a Coherent and Explicit Intelligence Policy. From Here to a Coherent and Explicit Intelligence Policy. Appendixes. Index.

Editorial Reviews

‘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

From the Publisher

Nothing to do with spies. Unearths and examines implicit assumptions about both measured and actual mental ability; demonstrates how those assumptions manifest as unspoken and invisible directives in the modern admissions practices at the University of California, Berkeley; and explores the social, educational, and economic impact on individuals and society. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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