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On Implicit Bias and Gender Discrimination in Academic Promotion

Posted on 9 September 2017 by Anne Harrington

Reposting from the blog at LSE: "The ostensibly objective criteria outlined in many Key Performance Indicators of excellence can become highly subjective and gendered when applied in practice." O’Connor and […]

Gender bias in teaching evaluations

Posted on 24 June 2017 by Anne Harrington

Here's a nice list of references documenting the finding that teaching evaluations reflect significant gender bias: Boring, A., Ottoboni, K., & Stark, P.B. (2016, January 7). Student evaluations of teaching […]

Some UK universities increasing already very high percentage of male professors

Posted on 31 May 2017 by Anne Harrington

According to a recent article in the Times Higher Education, the number of female professors at some UK universities has declined despite efforts to promote gender equality, such as the Equality Challenge Unit’s […]