By Rebecca Winthrop, Fred Dews and Bill Finan. Girls’ education really is quite unique in terms of interventions you can do,” she says. “Not because it’s a silver bullet; there are no such things as silver bullets. But, certainly in developing country contexts, it has so many high returns across such a wide variety of areas important for society. More...
4 janvier 2016
Can Data Measure Faculty Productivity? Rutgers Professors Say No
By Ellen Wexler. After submitting a records request, David M. Hughes received an Excel spreadsheet summing up his productivity as a scholar.
The numbers seemed straightforward: He had written three articles, won two awards, and published two books. He had received no grant money. And that, according to context provided on the spreadsheet, put him above the national average for publishing and awards. More...
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