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ERIC Number: EJ143107
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1976
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How Reliable are Letters of Recommendation?
Rim, Yeshayahu
Journal of Higher Education, 47, 4, 437-45, Jul/Aug 76
A sample of letters of recommendation regarding job applicants or staff members in view of promotions were rated independently by senior professors showing a tendency on the part of most judges to disagree with regard to the value of the letters. Relationships between letters and type and quality of university were also examined. (JT)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Faculty Evaluation, Faculty Promotion, Higher Education, Letters (Correspondence), Personnel Selection, Research
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Identifiers: Letters of Recommendation