The Culture of Mediocrity

Minerva

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 363-387

  Hermanowicz, Joseph C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic careers; Higher education; Reward systems; Stratification; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883752847     PISSN: 00264695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11024-013-9231-0     Document Type: Article

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