Medical Education, EarlyView.Abstract Introduction (In)equity in admissions is a global conversation. Approaches to addressing these inequities include affirmative action, holistic admissions and race‐conscious admissions. Different countries vary in their usage of these approaches: while some have nationwide policies to implement affirmative action through quota systems, others ...
Candace J. Chow +5 more
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Improving the criticism of antiscientific medicine: a commentary on Steven K Baker "Medical Lysenkoism". [PDF]
J Eval Clin PractSestini P.
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Top Versus Bottom: Experimental Evidence on Priming, Information and Redistribution Preferences
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We study how both who we talk about when we talk about inequality and how we talk about it shape redistributive preferences. In a nationally representative survey experiment in Germany with a 1‐year follow‐up, we exogenously vary the focus of attention (top 10% vs. bottom 10%) and the mode of delivery (subtle priming vs.
Luna Bellani, Nona Bledow
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The classroom as a space of resistance. Cooperation, gratitude and collective memory between neuroscience and social science. [PDF]
Front SociolMollès D, Parada-Ulloa M.
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Academic Borders and Passport Disadvantage: Reclaiming Lost Dreams, Connections, and Career Horizons
Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Atefeh Maghzi
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Balancing Neutral and Responsive Competences in the Context of Functional Politicization
Public Administration, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Democratic governments can legitimately expect permanent civil servants to undertake functionally politicized tasks, such as providing political‐tactical advice. However, safeguarding the neutrality and legitimacy of a permanent civil service in the context of functional politicization necessitates that political considerations do not override
Niels Opstrup +3 more
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Analyzing the Trends and Drivers Influencing Future Leadership in Medical Education in Iran. [PDF]
J Adv Med Educ ProfMehni S +4 more
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Epistocracy and the Commitment Problem
Philosophy &Public Affairs, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The epistocracy debate has turned largely on the character of the electorate—what voters know, whether competence filters can be designed well, and what filtered selection produces. Another strand has focused on the legitimacy of epistocratic justifications. I ask instead about the equilibrium effects of the institution.
Simon Goldstein
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Challenging assumptions: "unveiling meritocracy's reality in neurosurgery". [PDF]
Front SurgEncarnacion Ramirez MJ +22 more
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Interpersonal Connections and Career Mobility in Bureaucratic Labor Markets: Evidence From Brazil
Public Administration Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Interpersonal networks are pervasive in state bureaucracies around the world. To what extent do they explain bureaucratic career trajectories? And are they driven more by political patronage and connections to influential bosses, or by information‐sharing and trust‐building among peers?
Danilo Cardoso +6 more
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