The File: Case Study in Correction (1977-1979)

The File is a collection of documents from a major dispute involving a number of American college professors, mainly mathematicians, statisticians, and sociologists. The controversy was ignited by the mathematician Serge Lang's reaction to a questionnaire, "The 1977 Survey of the American Professoriate", distributed by E. C. Ladd of the University of Connecticut and S. M. Lipset of Stanford. The ensuing discussion - in part acrimonious and personal - soon involved a large group of active and passive participants, and included issues such as survey techniques, evaluation of academic work, public and political honesty, and McCarthyism at Harvard.

Author: Serge Lang
Publisher: Springer
Published: 08/21/1981
Pages: 712
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 3.54lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.25w x 1.45d
ISBN: 9780387906072