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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 038790607X
• ISBN13: 9780387906072
• Release Date: August 1981
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 712 Pages
• Weight: 4.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 8.3" x 11.0"