Learning@CIFAR

Land Acknowledgment

Objective

A Note About Terminology

Module Introduction

Learning Outcomes

Module Structure

Glossary of Terms

UNIT 1: Expanding Research Excellence

1.1 Inclusive Excellence

1.2 A Brief History of Research Excellence

1.3 “Excellence” Is Hard to Define

1.4 “Excellence” May Unintentionally Rely on Biases That Reproduce Inequalities

1.4a Prestige Bias

1.4b Citation Bias

1.4c Publication Bias

1.5 “Excellence” May Feed Into the Matthew Effect

UNIT 2: Exploring Additional Methods of Assessing Excellence

2.1 Redefining Excellence

2.2 Rethinking Metrics

2.3 Process-Based Evaluative Metrics

2.4 Alternative Frameworks: SCOPE

2.5 Redistributive Models

Final Considerations

Discussion Guide

Further Reading