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How Professors Think : Inside the Curious World of Academic Judgment.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (337 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674054158
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: How Professors ThinkDDC classification:
  • 378.1/2
LOC classification:
  • LB2333
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- 1. Opening the Black Box of Peer Review -- 2. How Panels Work -- 3. On Disciplinary Cultures -- 4. Pragmatic Fairness: Customary Rules of Deliberation -- 5. Recognizing Various Kinds of Excellence -- 6. Considering Interdisciplinarity and Diversity -- 7. Implications in the United States and Abroad -- Appendix: Methods and Data Analysis -- Notes -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Summary: Everyone in academia stresses quality. But what is it, and how do professors identify it? Lamont observed deliberations for fellowships and grants, and interviewed panel members. Here, she reveals her discoveries about this world, illuminating the confidential evaluation process and pushing gatekeepers to better understand and perform their role.
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Intro -- Contents -- 1. Opening the Black Box of Peer Review -- 2. How Panels Work -- 3. On Disciplinary Cultures -- 4. Pragmatic Fairness: Customary Rules of Deliberation -- 5. Recognizing Various Kinds of Excellence -- 6. Considering Interdisciplinarity and Diversity -- 7. Implications in the United States and Abroad -- Appendix: Methods and Data Analysis -- Notes -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Everyone in academia stresses quality. But what is it, and how do professors identify it? Lamont observed deliberations for fellowships and grants, and interviewed panel members. Here, she reveals her discoveries about this world, illuminating the confidential evaluation process and pushing gatekeepers to better understand and perform their role.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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