Learning Resources

Abstract: How should higher education deal with the variability of genetic differences? Subtitles: How much are IQ differences inherited?; The fruits of meritocracy; Defining the Cognitive Classes; What is IQ?; Cognition and social behavior; Are some groups more intelligent?; What social policies are needed? Pull quotes: "Individual variability is the biological norm, and humans are no exception." "As society reduces barriers, genetic differences become more important." "Today's elite college and university students come from all strata and backgrounds." "The United States has increasingly become a meritocracy of intelligence." "IQ test are not culturally biased, as is often alleged." "There is little evidence that current programs have any long-lasting effects on IQ scores." "They claim U.S. education has been 'dumbed down." "The book points to the ironies of achieving a new society based more fully on intellectual merit."

Abstract: Book Review: Realizing the Educational Potential of Residence Halls, by Charles Schroeder and Phyllis Mable. Jossey-Bass, 1994. 319 pages. ISBN 0-7879-0018-4.

Abstract: Viewpoint Subtitles: Recreate, not restore; Digging into the structure. Pull quotes: "The economics of being a professor have changed." "Liberal education cannot return to the past." "Colleges may need to experiment with two kinds of tenure."

Abstract: The number of borrowers and the amount of the loans are both growing. What should education planners do? Subtitles: The explosion in borrowing; Should educators worry?; But what about the future?; Possible assistance. Pull quotes: "Some colleges are now giving back one-third of their tuition revenue to students." "Debt for graduate and professional school study is growing." "Some borrowers will still be paying when it is time for their own children to go to college." "The way that students pay for higher education is going through significant changes."

Abstract: Campus planners can help architects by providing better guidelines for design. Subtitles: Function, not discipline; Designing with nature; Appearance is important; Pull quotes: "A thorough program is a mjaor factor in getting an outstanding new building." "We once rotated a building on its site some 10 feet." "A campus should not be a museum of idiosyncratic architectural expressions." "The program should let the architect know where the college stands."

Abstract: Subtitles: The book's reception; Watchdogs and escaping cats; Down at the roots; Reification or reality?; Are there several intelligences?; Genes versus the environment; America's new class structure; And in closing... Pull quotes: "Equality of opportunity is creating a radically new class structure." " what I find most revealing is the almost uniform rejection of the book's findings." "The Bell Curve has exposed a mighty clash between two great paradigms." "As the number of items increases something truly remarkable happens." "Far more than social background, IQ determines which youths will never receive a high school diploma." "Colleges now identify and select the best minds for high positions."

Abstract: Book review: The Contemplative Practitioner: Meditation in Education and the Professions, by John Miller. Bergin & Harvey. 161 pages. ISBN 0-89789-401-4.

Abstract: Book review: organizational and Technologiacl Startegies for Higher Education in the Information Age, by David Ernst, Richard Katz, and John Sack. CAUSE Professional Paper Series, No. 13, 1995. 25 pages.

Abstract: Book review: The Art and Politics of College teaching, edited by R. McLaran Sawyer, Keith Prichard, adn Karl Hostetler. Peter Lang, 1992. 344 pages. ISBN 0-8204-1684-3 The New Faculty Memeber: Supporting and Fostering Professional Development, by Robert Boice. Jossey-Bass, 1993. 364 pages. ISBN 1-5542-423-6. University Politics: F.M. Cornford's Cambridge and His Advice to the Young Academic Politician, by Gordon Johnson. Cambridge University Press, 1994. 112 pages. ISBN 0-521-46919-8.