同时评估多个候选人可以减少晋升和任期的种族差异
Theodore C Masters-Waage1, Juan M Madera2, Ebenezer Edema-Sillo3
1Health Science Research Institute, University of California at Merced, Merced, CA, USA.
Nature communications
|February 23, 2026
概括
对教师晋升和任职决定的联合评估显著减少了黑人和西班牙裔教师的种族差异. 这种方法使晋升的可能性增加了16.2%,与决策者的预期相反.
科学领域:
- 社会科学 社会科学 社会科学
- 高等教育研究 高等教育研究
- 组织行为 组织行为
背景情况:
- 代表性不足的少数民族 (URM),特别是黑人和西班牙裔教师,在学术界遇到重大职业障碍.
- 晋升和任期 (P&T) 决策是这些差异往往加剧的关键时刻.
研究的目的:
- 调查评估模式 (联合与单独) 对教师P&T结果的种族差异的影响.
- 了解教师对有关URM结果的评估方法的看法.
主要方法:
- 利用一项自然实验,分析了六所大学的1804项P&T决策,并比较了联合和单独的评估过程.
- 对289名在P&T委员会任职的教授进行了调查,以衡量他们对评估模式和URM结果的期望.
主要成果:
- 与单独评估相比,联合评估导致黑人和西班牙裔教师的负面部门投票减少了9%.
- 这种负票的减少转化为URM教师的晋升概率增加了16.2%.
- 联合评估的观察到的积极影响和教师的期望之间存在显著的脱节,大多数人希望单独的评估对URM更有利.
结论:
- 改变评估模式以模拟联合流程可以有效地减轻学术P&T的种族差异.
- 这些发现挑战了现有的教师观念,突出了改善URM在学术界的代表性的意想不到途径.
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