How should gender discrimination and systemic disadvantage be addressed when more discriminatory and less generous students systematically sort into certain fields, courses, and instructors' sections? In this paper, we estimate measures of gender bias and evaluation generosity at the student...

Previous research has shown that a large fraction of tenured university faculty in the U.S. and other countries were trained at a small number of highly prestigious universities. The question remains whether this concentration is due to competitive advantages held by candidates from these...

Purpose - This paper aims to examine the growing trend of Visiting professorships in higher education, drawing parallels with the gig economy and exploring its implications for academia. Design/methodology/approach - This perspective paper combines personal experience, literature review and...

This paper presents the results of a field experiment aimed at reducing the gender bias in teaching evaluations at a higher education institution. In the intervention, before they completed the teaching evaluation questionnaire, students were individually randomized in three groups. One third...

The infographics present main findings from the report, Academic Staff in Europe. These findings are based on an analysis of academic employment trends and policy measures across 38 education systems in Europe. The report includes the EU 27 Member States as well as Albania, Bosnia and...

Academic staff are indispensable to the higher education system, playing a pivotal role in delivering quality education, fostering innovation, and driving economic growth. This report on "Academic Staff in Europe" delves into the modern dynamics of the academic profession, aiming to inform...

We analyze the impact of evaluator and candidate gender on the language used in academic evaluations using data on 295,000 evaluation reports for applicants seeking professorial promotion across all academic fields in Italy. In this context, candidates are assessed by a national-level committee...

This paper presents evidence that anonymous grading benefits female university students, based on a university-wide reform. Female grades improve by 0.04-0.06 standard deviations relative to males, with the effect strongest in smaller classes and male-dominated departments.

Do gender disparities in academia reflect that female scholars are held to higher standards than males? We address this question by comparing the scientific merit of male and female academic economists who make the same career step. Across four domains - i.e. faculty positions, network...

Purpose This study investigates how human resource training and development (HRTD) shapes workplace spirituality in higher education. It delves into key factors impacting spirituality among academics, such as colleague support and e-learning initiatives. Through analytical tools like percentage...

Ambidextrous leThis study aimed to examine the mediation role of workplace happiness in the link between ambidextrous leadership and academic staff innovative behavior at Debre Berhan University. In this study, primary data was utilized. Proportional stratified sampling was employed to ensure...

This study investigates how culture influences job satisfaction among academics. Through a two-stage interview process involving 294 Arab academics, 20 satisfaction categories were identified, with 'institutional givingness' emerging as the most significant. Institutional givingness, rooted in...

Faculty at American colleges and universities possess an exceptional, arguably unique, combination of job security and decision authority. In addition to the protections of academic tenure, “regular” faculty at most higher education institutions exercise significant authority over important...

Just over 50 years ago, Congress passed Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX), barring gender-based discrimination in schools that receive federal financial assistance. Since then, affirmative action programs have greatly improved conditions for women faculty in higher...

We study whether female students benefit from being taught by female professors, and whether such gender match effects differ by class size. We use administrative records of a German public university, covering all programs and courses between 2006 and 2018. We find that gender match effects on...

We study whether female students benefit from being taught by female professors, and whether such gender match effects differ by class size. We use administrative records of a German public university, covering all programs and courses between 2006 and 2018. We find that gender match effects on...

We study whether female students benefit from being taught by female professors, and whether such gender match effects differ by class size. We use administrative records of a German public university, covering all programs and courses between 2006 and 2018. We find that gender match effects on...

We investigate the presence of gender bias in student evaluation of teaching (SET) scores with a natural field experiment in India. We employ a novel experimental design, randomly assigning 504 economics students to an identical audiovisual class taught either in a female or male voice. We find...

Past research shows that students’ educational outcomes improve when their race is the same as their teachers’ race. One explanation for this finding is the Role Model effect: instructors increase same-race students’ motivation by updating their beliefs on returns to education and...

Knowledge is viewed as a crucial and useful resource for helping higher education institutions in today's information-based economy in enhancing collaboration and innovation, accelerating learning and professional development, and enables faculty members to stay updated with the latest...

System governing boards fulfill roles as both regulators and protectors for their multiple constituent campuses. While centralized control provides many benefits to institutional members, such advantages are also be accompanied by limitations upon campuses to pursue expanded missions, fully...

This paper examines the relationship between facets of the work environment and job satisfaction in academic institutions. In previous studies, the job satisfaction (JS) and work environment (WE) have been examined, which has given less attention to the multi-faceted character of the work...

Despite the magnitude and variety of benefits paid to faculty, there has been little attention given to these benefits. It is important to evaluate how and why faculty benefits vary by institution. In this study, I focused on the levels of benefits provided by four-year institutions to faculty....

Todays’ Communication technology plays a vital role in the development of society. Huge amounts of data are transmitted within seconds, and Internet access offers unimaginably large amounts of information, data, and interpreted materials. As a powerful and dynamic tool for communication, it is...