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The Philosophical Gourmet Report (also known as the Leiter Report or PGR) co-edited by philosophy and law professor Brian Leiter and by philosophy professor Berit Brogaard, is a ranking of graduate programs in philosophy in the English-speaking world.〔("The Philosophical Gourmet Report 2014-15" )〕 It is in response to the Gourman Report, and is based on a survey of philosophers who are nominated as evaluators by the Report's Advisory Board. Its purpose is to provide guidance to prospective Ph.D students, particularly those students who intend to pursue a professional career in academic philosophy. The Report first appeared on the web in 1996; it has been distributed by Blackwell since 1997. In 1989, while he was a graduate student Leiter made a list of what he believed, initially based on his own impressions and research, to be the top 25 graduate philosophy programs in the United States, which came to be the PGR.〔 The PGR was described by David L. Kirp in a 2003 ''New York Times'' op-ed as "the bible for prospective () graduate students." George Yancy, in ''Reframing the Practice of Philosophy: Bodies of Color, Bodies of Knowledge'' (SUNY Press, 2012), opined that Philosophical Gourmet Report ranking: "is, of course, very controversial. However, as is often pointed out, there is no real alternative." Carlin Romano, in ''America the Philosophical'' (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2013), referred to the PGR rankings as "often-criticized" and "biased towards mainstream analytic departments". The rankings have been controversial. In 2002, 175 philosophers signed an open letter calling on Leiter to stop producing the PGR.〔http://chronicle.com/article/175-Philosophy-Professors/34484/〕 In fall 2014, over 600 philosophers signed a petition to boycott the PGR organized by some philosophers at University of British Columbia to protest what they called a "derogatory and intimidating" e-mail sent by Leiter to one of their colleagues, whom Leiter claimed had threatened him.〔http://chronicle.com/article/The-Man-Who-Ranks-Philosophy/149007/〕 24 of the 56 members of the Advisory Board of the PGR thought it best that he relinquish control over the Report's management.〔http://chronicle.com/article/The-Man-Who-Ranks-Philosophy/149007/〕 In response, Leiter appointed a co-editor for the 2014 report Berit Brogaard, a philosophy professor at the University of Miami and agreed to step down as editor after its publication. The publication’s Advisory Board voted overwhelmingly in favor of the move.〔 After he steps down as editor, he will join the Advisory Board〔 and Brogaard will become the editor.〔 that inform the publication’s rankings, or otherwise assist in assembling the rankings, as long as Leiter was still its editor.〔 ==See also== * College and university rankings 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Philosophical Gourmet Report」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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