http://arthistorynewsletter.com/blog/?p=1689 News for Art Historians Tue, 16 Nov 2010 08:57:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://arthistorynewsletter.com/blog/?p=1689&cpage=1#comment-138649 Jon Lackman Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:37:20 +0000 http://arthistorynewsletter.com/blog/?p=1689#comment-138649 New "history and history of art" rankings out now from <a target="_blank" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/table/2010/jun/04/university-guide-history-and-history-of-art?CMP=twt_gu" rel="nofollow">The Guardian</a>. New “history and history of art” rankings out now from The Guardian.

]]> http://arthistorynewsletter.com/blog/?p=1689&cpage=1#comment-138612 Jon Lackman Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:29:20 +0000 http://arthistorynewsletter.com/blog/?p=1689#comment-138612 In its defense, the NRC asserted recently in a <a target="_blank" href="http://sites.nationalacademies.org/xpedio/groups/pgasite/documents/webpage/pga_057196.ppt" rel="nofollow">powerpoint presentation</a>, "There is a trade-off between speed and accuracy. We spent a lot of time trying to get universities to provide comparable data and developing our model. In most fields, and especially now, doctoral faculty change relatively slowly, as do patterns of publication. We would like to update the study in the next two years. Now that we have developed the statistical machinery, it is a data updating task, which could be carried out on-line. But, we will need to obtain funding." In its defense, the NRC asserted recently in a powerpoint presentation, “There is a trade-off between speed and accuracy. We spent a lot of time trying to get universities to provide comparable data and developing our model. In most fields, and especially now, doctoral faculty change relatively slowly, as do patterns of publication. We would like to update the study in the next two years. Now that we have developed the statistical machinery, it is a data updating task, which could be carried out on-line. But, we will need to obtain funding.”

]]> http://arthistorynewsletter.com/blog/?p=1689&cpage=1#comment-138605 Jon Lackman Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:34:12 +0000 http://arthistorynewsletter.com/blog/?p=1689#comment-138605 Meanwhile, American academics are <a target="_blank" href="http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/05/10/nrc" rel="nofollow">still waiting</a> for the National Research Council to release its now years-and-years-late report on its now thoroughly outdated (congressionally mandated) ratings of graduate programs. Meanwhile, American academics are still waiting for the National Research Council to release its now years-and-years-late report on its now thoroughly outdated (congressionally mandated) ratings of graduate programs.

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