//chroniclecom

... Somos mundiales. Hasta en el extranjero nos conocen The Chronicle of Higher Education http://chronicle.com Section: International Volume 53, Issue 22, Page A31 In Spain , Inbreeding Threatens Academe Getting hired to teach at universities depends less on what you know than on whom you know By FRANCIS X. ROCCA Madrid With 25 years of teaching experience at Spain 's top-ranked veterinary school, 58 articles in prestigious international journals, and numerous patents to her name, Victoria López Rodas would be a strong candidate for any academic job in her field. So when she took a national qualifying examination for a full professorship in animal science last spring, it was hardly surprising that several members of the panel at the public interview cited her merits as both teacher and scholar. Yet according to a published account by two witnesses, both of them colleagues and friends of Ms. López, the same panelists tempered their praise with captious and nit-picking criticisms of her ...