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Tiêu đề

The role of perceived race and gender in the evaluation of college teaching on RateMyProfessors.com

Tác giả

Reid L.D.

Năm xuất bản

2010

Source title

Journal of Diversity in Higher Education

Số trích dẫn

111

DOI

10.1037/a0019865

Liên kết

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-77956578911&doi=10.1037%2fa0019865&partnerID=40&md5=e7d1974862bce03624936a1e731c99cf

Tóm tắt

The present study examined whether student evaluations of college teaching (SETs) reflected a bias predicated on the perceived race and gender of the instructor. Using anonymous, peer-generated evaluations of teaching obtained from RateMyProfessors.com, the present study examined SETs from 3,079 White; 142 Black; 238 Asian; 130 Latino; and 128 Other race faculty at the 25 highest ranked liberal arts colleges. Results showed that racial minority faculty, particularly Blacks and Asians, were evaluated more negatively than White faculty in terms of overall quality, helpfulness, and clarity, but were rated higher on easiness. A two-stage cluster analysis demonstrated that the very best instructors were likely to be White, whereas the very worst were more likely to be Black or Asian. Few effects of gender were observed, but several interactions emerged showing that Black male faculty were rated more negatively than other faculty. The results of the present study are consistent with the negative racial stereotypes of racial minorities and have implications for the tenure and promotion of racial minority faculty. © 2010 National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education.

Từ khóa

cluster analysis; gender; race; RateMyProfessors.com; student evaluations of teaching

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