How professors think inside the curious world of academic judgment / Michèle Lamont.

Author/creator Lamont, Michèle, 1957-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press,
Description330 p. ; 22 cm.
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Subjects
College teachers--Rating of.
Peer review.
Teacher effectiveness.
Portfolios in education.

Contents Opening the black box of peer review -- How panels work -- On disciplinary cultures -- Pragmatic fairness : customary rules of deliberation -- Recognizing various kinds of excellence -- Considering interdisciplinarity and diversity -- Implications in the United States and abroad.
Abstract 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
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 289-315) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2008031423
ISBN9780674032668 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0674032667 (cloth : alk. paper)