"Fair employment, sound psychometric practice, and reality: A dilemma and a partial solution": Comment.

Abstract

Even if the various predictions of "spoilsport" forecasters turn out to be true, it would seem that the most psychologically defensible course to follow would be that of advising the student of the facts as these are known by us today, but then after he is furnished the facts he should not be discouraged from majoring in any area that is congruent with his interests and talents, nor should he be admitted grudgingly into a program with the deflating caveat, "Don't say I didn't warn you." The choice is that of the individual.Finally, the experiences and hardships so many of our colleagues have endured in the last few years underscore, as nothing else can, the importance of having a broadly based graduate education capable of enabling the psychologist to shift gears more or less in tune with the vicissitudes of the economy and the ebbs and flows of national priorities. REFERENCES