Word: herrnsteins
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...students picketed lectures for Herrnstein's class after he wrote a controversial article about...
...Harvard, which exploded with protests over Herrnstein's 1971 article linking IQ to success in society, professors have come down on both sides of the issue. Most professors say they have not yet read the book but know its arguments...
...true to a limited extent that IQ plays a role as a kind of capacity to learn, but it's not a measure of actual learning," said Ford Professor of Social Sciences Emeritus Daniel Bell, who argued against some of Herrnstein's earlier work in a 1976 book. "To use it as a generalized tool, like a measuring rod or stick, would be wrong...
...faculty member defended Herrnstein, however, saying attacks on his work are political and come mainly from liberals worried about social change...
Some Harvard faculty members said they believed that Herrnstein's research methods were impeccable, while others found them unreliable...