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Noting Faculty Age in the PGR Surveys

So with over 600 votes cast in the earlier poll, the percentages have held pretty steady:  around 69% favor noting faculty who are 70 or older, while about 31% favor only noting faculty who are 75 or older.  Of course, that question supposed an answer to an earlier question, which I might as well pose explicitly:  should the faculty lists used for the PGR surveys note age at all?  The reasons for doing so were noted in the earlier post.

Should the PGR Faculty Lists Note the Age of Faculty At All?

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UPDATE:  So with about 450 votes cast over the last 24 hours, the percentages are holding pretty steady:  84% favor noting faculty age (either 70 or 75), 16% are opposed to noting age at all.

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