A Game Theoretic Analysis of Faculty Competition and Academic Standards.

Correa, Hector

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ERIC Number: EJ629702

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Publication Date: 2001

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A Game Theoretic Analysis of Faculty Competition and Academic Standards.

Correa, Hector

Higher Education Policy, v14 n2 p175-82 Jun 2001

Explaining that grade inflation may result from the professor's competition for favorable student evaluations, asserts that the Theory of Games could be useful for analyzing interactions among professors and their impact on the number of students attracted to their courses. Presents a model based on these assumptions and analyzes policy-relevant consequences that can be derived from it. (EV)

Descriptors: College Faculty, Competition, Enrollment Influences, Game Theory, Grade Inflation, Mathematical Models, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance

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Language: English

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