#NEH has even disposed of virtual panels, asking reviewers to look at each others‘ comments before revisiting their own scores, all asynchronous
This prevents consensus-building, allowing for NEH chairman and National Council on Humanities to override reviewer recommendations easily @asheeshks.org
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Despite some benefits, use of virtual review panels ensures that scientists do not travel in & around DC and see, with their own eyes, what this administration has done to staff, institutional morale, and even the physical headquarters of independent federal agencies.
Reflections & an alternative.
A post that explores steps to confront a key flaw of virtual review that has been under-indexed in an age of attacks on science – ceding power through isolation.
