Daniel Rutledge Vining Jr. (born January 12, 1944,

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who has been an emeritus professor at the

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since 2010.

Education and career

He was the son of Daniel Rutledge Vining, who was economics professor at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, and the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Vining received his B.A. degree from

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

in 1966, his M.P.A. from the

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Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest ins ...

in 1971, and his Ph.D. from the

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School of Urban and Public Affairs in 1975. In 1974, he was named a lecturer in the Regional Science Department at the University of Pennsylvania, where he became an assistant professor in 1975 and a tenured associate professor in 1980. In 1981, he was named an associate professor of public and urban policy for three years retroactive to July 1, 1980. He remained an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania until 1993, and became an emeritus professor there in 2010.

Research

Vining has argued that the average IQ of Americans has decreased by about 5 points since IQ tests became widely used in the early 20th century. He has also argued that wealthy families tend to have as many, or fewer, children than do low-income families, which he has argued occurs because human reproductive behavior is learned, not heritable.

Controversial views and affiliations

Vining has previously been an editorial board member of the scientific racist journal ''

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'', and he has argued that America is undergoing a " dysgenesis" because more intelligent people in America are not reproducing as often. He has also asserted that this "dysgenesis" is especially harmful to

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s. His work was cited in the prominent 1994 book ''

the Bell Curve ''The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life'' is a 1994 book by psychologist Richard J. Herrnstein and political scientist Charles Murray, in which the authors argue that human intelligence is substantially influenced by b ...

'', and he has received $197,750 in grants from the

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, for which he has been criticized as a "race scientist". Vining has responded to these criticisms by saying that the media has unfairly characterized him and the Pioneer Fund.

References

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