Los obstáculos para aprobar la tesis o el trabajo de ascenso y la parcialidad de los jurados

Abstract

The evaluation and aproval of a postgraduate thesis or a profesor promotion paper, is one of the most stressing events in the academic life of teachers and postgraduatre students. There are many obstacles, both burocratic and technical making difficult the successful ending of their postgraduate studies or professors promotion. Perhaps the most difficult obstacles are the juries decisions because in some cases when they are biased may be bent towards favouring or rejecting the thesis or promotion papers. The main desirable characteristics of the members of the juries in order to act with impartiality and justice are described. Two cases of those biases are described: one in medical sciences and one in social sciences.