The National Resource Council offers the best assessment of doctoral programs available, but ignores programs that generate about a quarter of doctorates. These fields, including "Home Economics," share "a professional and applied orientation" and attract a higher percentage of women and minorities. What does this bias reveal? What does this mean for disciplines that are excluded from the analysis? Read the entire Chronicle of Higher Education article and decide for yourself:
http://chronicle.com/article/Assessment-Denied-the/48233/?sid=cr&utm_source=cr&utm_medium=en.
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