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Notes from North America: Who and What Lies Behind the Bell Curve? [and] Combat Pay.
Alper, Paul
Higher Education Review, v29 n2 p67-76 Spr 1997
Two essays address these issues in American higher education: popular response to a 1994 book entitled "The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life," which addresses assumptions underlying intelligence testing; and recent litigation and controversy over colleges' responsibility to provide instruction at a level appropriate to the student. (MSE)
Descriptors: Book Reviews, College Mathematics, College Role, Court Litigation, Educational Quality, Higher Education, Intelligence, Intelligence Tests, Legal Responsibility, Mathematics Instruction, Nature Nurture Controversy, Public Opinion, School Responsibility, Social Class, Sociocultural Patterns
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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