Author:
Sowell, Thomas, 1930-
Imprint:Stanford, Calif. : Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, c1986.
Descriptionx, 203 p. ; 23 cm.
Note:Race and IQ -- Patterns of Black excellence -- Assumptions versus history in ethnic education -- Affimrative action in faculty hiring -- Tuition tax credits: a social revolution -- The "need" for more college "education" -- The "available" university -- The intellect of the intellectuals -- The plight of Black college students -- Social science and general education -- Testimony before Congressional subcommittee -- Veblen's Higher Learning after fifty years -- Academic tenure -- Book reviews: Private Black Colleges at the Crossroads, by Daniel C. Thompson ; Black educators in white colleges, by William Moore, Jr. and Lonnie H. Wagstaff ; The Education of Black People: Ten Critiques, 1906-1960, by W.E.B. DuBois and Herbert Aptheker ; The Education of Black Folk: the Afro-American Struggle for Knowledge in White America, by Allen B. Ballard.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographies and index.
Note:Recommended in Best Books for Academic Libraries
