The Academic Elite in Library Science: Linkages among Top-Ranked Graduate Programs

Jeffrey H. Bair, Janice C. Barrons

Abstract

In a national survey of deans, top administrators, and senior faculty, the ten top-ranked graduate programs in library science were substantially linked to one another by hiring one another’s graduates. It is suggested that this linkage helps these programs to maintain and enhance their prestige.

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