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Peer reviewedDede, Christopher; Hardin, Joy – Journal of Chemical Education, 1973
Describes the current screening processes of future scientists as being immoral and dysfunctional elitism. Indicates that scientists' skills should broaden with revised recruitment practices to meet the requirements for societal survival in the future. (CC)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Dialogs (Literary), Futures (of Society), Higher Education
Download full textSawyer, Robert N. – 1985
The essay defends the purposes, selection procedures, programs, and philosophy of the Duke University (North Carolina) Talent Identification Program (TIP), which offers systematic identification of and programming for verbally and mathematically precocious students. The Duke University effort was undertaken to fill a need unmet at federal and…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academically Gifted, Admission Criteria, Aptitude Tests
