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ERIC Number: EJ261827
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981
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The Quality of Scientific Scholarship and the "Graying" of the Academic Profession: A Skeptical View.
Oromaner, Mark
Research in Higher Education, v15 n3 p231-39 1981
A number of citation studies have supported the view that the "graying" of the academic profession will have no impact on the quality of work produced in various scientific disciplines. This conclusion is challenged and it is argued that citations may not indicate the most innovative and creative work. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Achievement, Age, Citations (References), College Faculty, Educational Innovation, Educational Quality, Higher Education, Older Adults, Productivity, Researchers, Scholarship, Scientific Research
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Faculty Publishing