BIBLIOGRAPHIC SOURCES

To those of you who do not know how a research university works, please note: As an instructor, my academic authority to teach this course is rests on a combination of (a) my educational qualifications (six degrees from four different countries across three different continents), and (b) a peer review of my research and publications (part of the tenure application process). At the same time, the specific content of this particular course (including my class notes, course glossary, lectures, etc.) is based on sources available here. Questions: What is academic authority? What is peer review? What is tenure? What is a research university? WARNING: When an instructor devotes time to produce material specifically for a class, then that material takes precedence over anything else that is assigned. Man, you have to be super-intelligent not to be aware of this simple fact.