The File : Case Study in Correction (1977-1979)

Serge Lang

ISBN 10: 038790607X / ISBN 13: 9780387906072

Published by Springer, Springer, 1981

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The File is a collection of documents from a major disputeinvolving a number of American college professors, mainlymathematicians, statisticians,and sociologists. Thecontroversy was ignited by the mathematician Serge Lang'sreaction to a questionnaire, 'The 1977 Survey of theAmerican Professoriate', distributed by E. C. Ladd of theUniversity of Connecticut and S. M. Lipset of Stanford. Theensuing discussion - in part acrimonious and personal - sooninvolved a large group of active and passive participants,and included issues such as survey techniques, evaluation ofacademic work, public and political honesty, and McCarthyismat Harvard.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The File : Case Study in Correction (1977-1979)
• Publisher: Springer, Springer
• Publication Date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 038790607X
• ISBN 13: 9780387906072
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 280W x 210H x 39D millimeters 280 millimeters width by 210 millimeters height by 39 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1748 grams

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The File is a collection of documents from a major dispute involving a number of American college professors, mainly mathematicians, statisticians,and sociologists. The controversy was ignited by the mathematician Serge Lang's reaction to a questionnaire, "The 1977 Survey of the American Professoriate", distributed by E. C. Ladd of the University of Connecticut and S. M. Lipset of Stanford. The ensuing discussion - in part acrimonious and personal - soon involved a large group of active and passive participants, and included issues such as survey techniques, evaluation of academic work, public and political honesty, and McCarthyism at Harvard.