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Humphreys, Lloyd G. – Proceedings of the National Academy of Education, 1981
This document is a book review of "Bias in Mental Testing" by Arthur R. Jensen. Jensen discusses intelligence as a phenotypic construct. The problem of ethnic differences in phenotypic intelligence is emotionally charged, which makes rational consideration of the issues difficult. The reviewer disagrees with the author's predisposition…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Ethnic Bias, Intelligence, Intelligence Differences
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Miller, Phyllis, Ed. – Mensa Research Journal, 2000
In this journal issue, articles examine various aspects of testing intelligence, creativity, and psychopathology. Featured articles include: (1) "Monglottosis: What's Wrong with the Idea of IQ Meritocracy and Its Racy Cousins?" (Johan W. Oller, Jr.), which shows empirically and theoretically that even nonverbal IQ tests mainly measure powers of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Creative Thinking, Creativity
Redfern, Alicia King, Ed. – Journal of the Pennsylvana Black Conference on Higher Education (PBOCHE), 1997
This document includes: (1) a special report by the Office of the Chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education on the system's equity plan, "Excellence and Equity: A Plan for Building Community in Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education"; (2) an opinion piece titled, "The Problem of Black Students…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Black Students, College Athletics, College Students