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Revising the Canon: Graduate Training in the Two Sociologies.
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Dowd, James J. – Teaching Sociology, 1991
Discusses effects on graduate sociology education of trends emphasizing quantitative methods and the positivist tradition at the expense of social theory and interpretive sociology. Argues that failure to develop sociology's interpretive tradition has allowed the style and intellectual creativity of sociological work to suffer. Urges greater…
Descriptors: Creativity, Curriculum Development, Educational Philosophy, Graduate Study
Employing Quantitative Models of a Qualitative Admissions Process: Uncovering Hidden Rules, Saving Time, and Reducing Bias.
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Sadler, Philip M.; Hammerman, James K. – College and University, 1999
A quantitative study modeled the inherently subjective admissions process for 592 graduate school candidates and 72 raters. Logistic regression models were well-fitting and parsimonious, allowing analysis of each stage of the process. Extended committee discussion/deliberation phases were of limited productivity when inter-rater agreement was…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Bias, College Admission, Committees
Statistical Abstracts--Fall 1994: Instructional Workload, Faculty, and I&DR Costs [and] Supplement--Trends of Selected Indicators by Discipline Category, Fall 1975 to Fall 1994.
State Univ. of New York, Albany. Central Staff Office of Institutional Research. – 1994
This publication provides summary analytical reports and graphic displays from the official Course and Section Analysis (CASA) system concerning the instructional workload and the financial resources of academic departments offering courses during the fall 1994 semester within the State University of New York system. The first of six reports…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Credits, Expenditure per Student, Faculty Workload
Statistical Abstracts, Fall 1990: Instructional Workload, Faculty, and I&DR Costs.
State Univ. of New York, Albany. Central Staff Office of Institutional Research. – 1990
This publication provides summary analytical reports and graphic displays from the official Course and Section Analysis (CASA) system concerning the instructional workload and the financial resources of academic departments offering courses during the fall 1990 semester within the State University of New York system. Included are six reports. The…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Credits, Expenditure per Student, Faculty Workload