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Peer reviewedAstin, Alexander W.; Solmon, Lewis C. – Change, 1981
A study on the objective correlates of undergraduate quality ratings, state or regional biases, and other methodological issues relating to reputational ratings of undergraduate quality is reported. The subjective judgments of departmental quality made by college and university faculty were studied. Reputational ratings appear to be redundant with…
Descriptors: Bias, College Faculty, Educational Quality, Factor Analysis
Peer reviewedSolmon, Lewis C.; Astin, Alexander W. – Change, 1981
A Higher Education Research Institute pilot study of the reputations of undergraduate departments is discussed. The intent of the study was to quantify the subjective judgments of undergraduate departmental quality and to investigate the association of ratings on different criteria and for different types of institutions. (MLW)
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, Departments, Economics
