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Human Accomplishment: The Pursuit of Excellence in the Arts and Sciences, 800 B.C. to 1950 is a 2003 book by the political scientist Charles Murray.Surveying outstanding contributions to the Arts and Sciences from ancient times to the mid-twentieth century.
In Search of Excellence is a book written by Tom Peters and Robert H. Waterman Jr. First published in 1982, it sold three million copies in its first four years, and was the most widely held monograph in the United States from 1989 to 2006. [ 1 ]
He served as chairman of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund Panel on Education, and was chief draftsman of that group's widely circulated report, The Pursuit of Excellence. Gardner authored books on improving leadership in American society and other subjects.
1982 – In Search of Excellence (co-written with Robert H. Waterman, Jr.) 1985 – A Passion for Excellence (co-written with Nancy Austin) 1987 – Thriving on Chaos; 1992 – Liberation Management; 1994 – The Tom Peters Seminar: Crazy Times Call for Crazy Organizations; 1994 – The Pursuit of WOW!
In 1983, The New York Times published an article that cited a passage from the "Pursuit of Excellence: Education and the Future of America" by the Rockefeller Brothers' Fund's panel, "America at Mid-Century." [3] The "excellence" movement of the mid-1980s, was inspired by the landmark report, "A Nation at Risk. [4] [5]
The journal, established in 2008, "offers research findings, theory, and promising practices to help guide the efforts of institutions of higher education in the pursuit of inclusive excellence." [1] The current editor-in-chief is Kimberly A. Griffin of the University of Maryland, College Park.
The strength of the U.S. economic recovery post-COVID and a quest for safe-haven investments helped boost U.S. dominance of global financial flows, while manufacturing incentives led to a surge in ...
Rules or standards that properly govern responsible belief-formation and the pursuit of intellectual excellence are what philosophers call epistemic (or "doxastic") norms. Widely accepted epistemic norms include: Don't believe on insufficient evidence. Proportion your beliefs to the strength of the evidence. Don't ignore or dismiss relevant ...