The File : Case Study in Correction (1977-1979) /
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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York,
1981.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (712 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781461381457 (electronic bk.) 1461381452 (electronic bk.) |