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The File

Case Study in Correction (1977–1979)

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  • © 1981

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Authors:
  1. Serge Lang

    1. Department of Mathematics, Yale University, New Haven, USA

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introductory Letter to the Reader

    1. Introductory Letter to the Reader

      • Serge Lang
      Pages 1-5

  3. The Story

    1. The Story

      • Serge Lang
      Pages 6-17

  4. A Reply to Lang

    1. A Reply To Lang

      • Everett Carll Ladd, Seymour Martin Lipset
      Pages 18-30

  5. The File

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-61
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    3. The Second Year

      1. Trying to Settle Loose Ends
        • Serge Lang
        Pages 231-264
      2. <i>The Chronicle</i> Causes a Rebound
        • Serge Lang
        Pages 265-298
      3. From Mac Lane’s Letter to the Editors (<i>Notices, AMS</i>) to Lang’s Letter to the Editors (<i>Bulletin, AAUP</i>)
        • Serge Lang
        Pages 299-324
      4. The Stakes are Raised
        • Serge Lang
        Pages 325-358
      5. The “Ratings” Get Publicity
        • Serge Lang
        Pages 359-386
      6. The AAUP—<i>Chronicle</i> Relation
        • Serge Lang
        Pages 387-424
      7. End of the Second Year
        • Serge Lang
        Pages 425-454

    4. Into a Third Year

      1. “McCarthyism”? (Again)
        • Serge Lang
        Pages 457-472
      2. “Intemperate and Libelous”?
        • Serge Lang
        Pages 473-504
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About this book

The File is a collection of documents from a major dispute involving a number of American college professors, mainly mathematicians, statisticians,and sociologists. The controversy was ignited by the mathematician Serge Lang's reaction to a questionnaire, "The 1977 Survey of the American Professoriate", distributed by E. C. Ladd of the University of Connecticut and S. M. Lipset of Stanford. The ensuing discussion - in part acrimonious and personal - soon involved a large group of active and passive participants, and included issues such as survey techniques, evaluation of academic work, public and political honesty, and McCarthyism at Harvard.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mathematics, Yale University, New Haven, USA

    Serge Lang

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The File

  • Book Subtitle: Case Study in Correction (1977–1979)

  • Authors: Serge Lang

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8145-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 1981

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-387-90607-2Published: 21 August 1981

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-8145-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 712

  • Topics: Mathematics, general

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