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100			_aLamont, Michele
245			_aHow professors think : inside the curious world of academic judgment
260			_bHarvard University Press, _c2009 _aCambridge :
300			_a330 p. ; _c21 cm
365			_b23.00 _cUSD _d78.20
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aJudging 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.
650			_aCollege teachers, Rating of
650			_aPeer review
650			_aTeacher effectiveness
650			_aPortfolios in education
650			_a Anthropology
650			_aBourbieu, Pierre
650			_aCanon wars
650			_aCollegiality
650			_a Cultural capital
650			_aDeprofessionalization
650			_aDisciplinary cultures
650			_aDiversity
650			_aEmotion work
650			_aEpistemological styles
650			_a Evaluation criteria
650			_aExpertise panelists
650			_a Homophily
650			_a Post-structuralism
650			_a Rational choice theory
650			_aUniversalism
650			_a Voting strategies
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