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March 4, 2009
Peer review and 'excellence'
This looks very interesting: How Professors Think: Inside the Curious World of Academic Judgment - reviewed here at Inside Higher Ed. For anyone who has ever not gotten a grant - or who has thought that getting a grant is proof of the excellence of something or other, this is recommended reading. Consider this: "One panel Lamont observed simply didn't award all the fellowships it could have because the reviewers wanted to leave for the airport."
Posted by CrankyProfessor at March 4, 2009 4:12 PM