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Scarr, Sandra – Planning for Higher Education, 1995
Discusses issues considered in the book "The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life" (Richard Herrnstein, Charles Murray), which stresses the importance of genetic differences between individuals and groups. The concept of a cognitive elite, cognitive classes and social behavior, ethnic differences in cognitive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Book Reviews, Educational Policy, Equal Education