Many people talk about academic excellence — but who or what really defines this elusive quality?
Michèle Lamont, Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies and professor of sociology and of African and African American studies, analyzes the system of peer review in her new book “How Professors Think: Inside the Curious World of Academic Judgment” (Harvard University Press, 2009). By examining the process of scholarly evaluation, she also addresses larger questions about academia.
“In some ways studying peer evaluation and review is a point of entry into a much broader issue, which is the issue of meritocracy in American higher education,” says Lamont.
To research the book, Lamont interviewed panelists from research councils and societies of fellows who were evaluating proposals for research funding in the social sciences and the humanities.
Lamont explains that academics must constantly make evaluations, whether of scientific findings or of graduate students. Expertise, personal taste, and the perspective of the evaluator play into the decision-making process, she writes.
“A lot of what the book does is to look at what criteria people use to judge and what meaning they give to these criteria,” says Lamont. “So for instance, what do they mean by ‘significance’ and what do they mean by ‘originality’? How does the definition of ‘originality’ and ‘significance’ vary between philosophy and economics? How strong is the consensus between fields?
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Light Bulb and Electricity.
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In the 19th Century, many inventions changed Americans' lives but the invention of Electricity and the Light bulb was the most essential. Electricity brought about many inventions like the telephone, the telegraph, etc. Thomas Edison was credited for the invention of the Light bulb. The creation of which changed Americans' lives socially, economically, and also society's structure. It led to the making of home appliances.
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However, the purpose of copyright law is to both reward 'makers' and incentivize others to create new artistic works, as opposed to merely taking the work done by others and claiming it as their own
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I dont quote umderstand your question. of you are asking about the water cycle then here is the explenation: the Water cycle is defined as the way that water moves between being water vapor to liquid water and then back to water vapor. An example of water cycle is when water evaporates from oceans and then returns to the land in the form of rain.
