Valuing and evaluating teaching in academic hiring: A multidisciplinary, cross-institutional study

Journal of Higher Education

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 489-512

  Meizlish, Deborah ^a   Kaplan, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 54049115128     PISSN: 00221546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jhe.0.0017     Document Type: Article

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