How professors think: inside the curious world of academic judgment
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Main Author: Lamont, Michèle 1957- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press 2009
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-315) and index
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
Physical Description:330 p
ISBN:9780674032668
0674032667