How professors think inside the curious world of academic judgment /

Judging quality isn't robotically rational; it's emotional, cognitive, and social, too. Yet most academics' self-respect is rooted in their ability to analyze complexity and recognize quality, in order to come to the fairest decisions about that elusive god, "excellence." In...

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Auteur principal: Lamont, Michèle, 1957-
Collectivité auteur: ebrary, Inc
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:anglais
Publié: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.
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Accès en ligne:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Résumé:Judging quality isn't robotically rational; it's emotional, cognitive, and social, too. Yet most academics' self-respect is rooted in their ability to analyze complexity and recognize quality, in order to come to the fairest decisions about that elusive god, "excellence." In How Professors Think, Lamont aims to illuminate the confidential process of evaluation and to push the gatekeepers to both better understand and perform their role. --from publisher description.
Description matérielle:330 p.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-315) and index.