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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: 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.

Abstract: As we enter the twenty-first century, we face the uncertainty of the changes that mark our transformation from the Industrial Age to the Information Age. How we meet the challenges of that transformation will determine our ability to succeed in the new age. This book, which became a national best seller, provides readers in the field of higher education with insights into how they can meet the challenges. The following chapters are included: "Paradigm Lost, Paradigm Found," "What Is Transformation?" "Realigning with the Information Age Environment," "Redesigning to Meet the Needs of Information Age Learners," "Redefining Roles, Responsibilities, and Productivity," "Reengineering Organizational Processes," and "Introducing a Transformative Model to Your Campus."

Abstract: Book Review: Guidelines for Laboratory Design: Health and Safety Considerations, second edition, by Louis Di Berardinis et al. John Wiley Sons, 1993. 514 pages. ISBN 0-471-55463-4.

Abstract: Book review: The Electronic Word: Democracy, technology, and the Arts, by Richard Lanham. University of Chicago Press, 1993. 278 pages. ISBN 0-2326-46883-6. Also available in a hypertext edition.

Abstract: Book Review: Who STole Feminism? How Women Have Betrayed Women, by Chritina Hofff Sommers. SImon and Schuster, 1994. 320 pages. ISBN 0671-79424-8

Abstract: Book review: Four Multicampus Systems: Some Policies and Practices That Work, by Marian Gade. Association of Governing Boards, 1993. 70 pages. ISBN 0-926508-01-6. Shared Visions of Public Higher Education Governance: Structures and Leadership Styles That Work, by Edgar Schick, Richard Novack, James Norton, and Houston Elam. American Association of State Colleges and Universities, 1992. 179 pages. ISBN 0-88044-132-1.

Abstract: Subtitles: A heap of straitjackets; Three examples; An obstacle for planners. Pull quotes: "Higher education is in considerable part a prisoner of its taxonomies." "Accrediting bodies are often the shock troops of taxonomy." "Why do we organize our colleges and universities as we do?" "A certain messiness might stand as a constant reminder."

Abstract: Book review: A Sense of Place, A Sense of Time, by John Brinckerhoff Jackson. Yale University Press, 1994. 205 pages. ISBN 0-300-06002-5.