How Professors Think : Inside the Curious World of Academic Judgment Financial Times Business Book of the Year Nominee for Shortlist (2008) And second

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it seems Nikki Roberts knows all too much – and a ruthless killer knows the price of her silence

exciting read' - Sabine Durrant

and attractive book

Using contemporary and topical examples from the media

How Professors Think : Inside the Curious World of Academic Judgment Financial Times Business Book of the Year Nominee for Shortlist (2008) And secondExcellence. Originality. Intelligence. Everyone in academia stresses quality. But what exactly is it, and how do professors identify it? In the academic evaluation system known as peer review, highly respected professors pass judgment, usually confidentially, on the work of others. But only those present in the deliberative chambers know exactly what is said. Michle Lamont observed deliberations for fellowships and research grants, and interviewed