Georgetown Public Policy Review
Policy Shaping Our Future
By Robert L. Oprisko, Kirstie Lynn Dobbs, and Joseph DiGrazia Not all university professors are equal; they are not all peers. In academic hiring, candidates are often evaluated almost entirely upon their research output rather than their teaching prowess or service. Using Oprisko’s procedural theory of honor, we can understand the hierarchic nature of academia as […]
By Kai Filipczak 1983 was a year of soul-searching for educators. Following the release of the landmark report “A Nation at Risk,” the United States was confronted with the bitter realization that all was not well with its much-vaunted public education system. For years, civil rights activists had focused on the need to deliver education equitably, but […]