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Vozzola, Elizabeth C.; Higgins, Ann – Moral Education Forum, 1994
Maintains that affirmative action hiring policies play a key and unstudied role in adult lives. Reports on a study of 115 full-time faculty at a state university and a community college. Finds that faculty members' moral reasoning complexity played a significant role in solving an affirmative action issue. (CFR)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Blacks, Employment Practices, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)

Jensen, Arthur R. – Oxford Review of Education, 1991
Criticizes approach to equal education that seeks equality of outcome as well as equality of opportunity. Discusses Spearman's theory of g that attempts to explain individual differences in intelligence. Contrasts efforts at genuinely reducing equality of outcome, including Aptitude X Treatment Interaction, Mastery Learning, and Thinking Skills…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Black Achievement, Cognitive Psychology, Educational Opportunities