In our experiment, professors were contacted by fictional prospective students seeking to discuss research opportunities before applying to a doctoral program.
Students’ names were randomly assigned to signal gender and race, but messages were otherwise identical.
Faculty ignored requests from women and minorities at a higher rate than requests from Caucasian males, particularly in higher-paying disciplines and private institutions.
A new paper by Milkman, Akinola, and Chugh.
The most surprising sentence in the paper, to me: “Sixty-seven percent of the emails sent to faculty from prospective doctoral students elicited a response.” I would have guessed 10%. I mean, most professors barely respond to my emails.
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Depressing news: Professors are less likely to reply to emails from women and minorities http://t.co/oBfkN8hKtE
RT @cblatts: Depressing fact of the day: Professors are less like to reply to emails from women and minorities http://t.co/zXZNVy1gsJ
Depressing fact of the day: Professors are less likely to reply to emails from women and minorities: In our ex… http://t.co/dOLrbfGv8c
I am shocked. SHOCKED. More than 50% agreed to meet. I am pretty sure my advisors left TOWN if I tried to arrange a meeting…
This kind of research using deception should be banned. You’re wasting people’s time (or worse) in a massive scale, especially because it is getting trendy. If many people do this kind of research, for example, fewer professors/employers/legislators/etc. will respond to emails from people because who knows if the email is an experiment or not. But you can’t tell other researchers “it’s OK for us to do this, but you shouldn’t do what we did; it’ll harm the society if you followed our suit.”
depressing. MT @cblatts: Wondering why that professor didn’t email back? Maybe you’re a woman or Chinese. http://t.co/VxauWb0HNC
#equality @EntryLevelRebel: Depressing fact: Professors are less likely to reply to emails from women and minorities http://t.co/HTPry6gOIH
Depressing fact of the day: Professors are less likely to reply to emails from women and minorities http://t.co/1xuHLQ4iqU
Depressing fact of the day: Professors are less likely to reply to emails from women and minorities http://t.co/RW89zLVEx3
Whose e-mails are professors most likely to respond to? Hint: it’s not minority women… http://t.co/ohhv9kvkV3 @cblatts
RT @cblatts: Wondering why that professor didn’t email back? Study: Maybe you’re a woman or Chinese. http://t.co/YEuH1WRIns
RT @cblatts: Wondering why that professor didn’t email back? Study: Maybe you’re a woman or Chinese. http://t.co/YEuH1WRIns
Depressing fact of the day: Professors are less likely to reply to emails from women and minorities http://t.co/te0guINp9m
@cblatts Have I been part of an elaborate experiment then? Does this explain why I get so many of these emails?
RT @cblatts: Wondering why that professor didn’t email back? Study: Maybe you’re a woman or Chinese. http://t.co/YEuH1WRIns
RT @cblatts: Wondering why that professor didn’t email back? Study: Maybe you’re a woman or Chinese. http://t.co/YEuH1WRIns
RT @cblatts: Wondering why that professor didn’t email back? Study: Maybe you’re a woman or Chinese. http://t.co/YEuH1WRIns
Wondering why that professor didn’t email back? Study: Maybe you’re a woman or Chinese. http://t.co/YEuH1WRIns
@cblatts read your tweet, hoped for poorly identified observational study…damn, it’s an RCT.
RT @cblatts: Depressing fact of the day: Professors are less like to reply to emails from women and minorities http://t.co/zXZNVy1gsJ
RT @cblatts: Depressing fact of the day: Professors are less like to reply to emails from women and minorities http://t.co/zXZNVy1gsJ
RT @cblatts: Depressing fact of the day: Professors are less like to reply to emails from women and minorities http://t.co/zXZNVy1gsJ
RT @cblatts: Depressing fact of the day: Professors are less like to reply to emails from women and minorities http://t.co/zXZNVy1gsJ
RT @cblatts: Depressing fact of the day: Professors are less like to reply to emails from women and minorities http://t.co/zXZNVy1gsJ
RT @cblatts: Depressing fact of the day: Professors are less like to reply to emails from women and minorities http://t.co/zXZNVy1gsJ
@cblatts Any difference in the response rates between male and female professors?
RT @cblatts: Depressing fact of the day: Professors are less like to reply to emails from women and minorities http://t.co/zXZNVy1gsJ
RT @cblatts: Depressing fact of the day: Professors are less like to reply to emails from women and minorities http://t.co/zXZNVy1gsJ
Study: Female & minority PhD candidates less interesting to US profs than white men. http://t.co/fnbzDkCcF7 via @cblatts @DrDonnaYates
RT @cblatts: Depressing fact of the day: Professors are less like to reply to emails from women and minorities http://t.co/zXZNVy1gsJ
RT @cblatts: Depressing fact of the day: Professors are less like to reply to emails from women and minorities http://t.co/zXZNVy1gsJ
RT @cblatts: Depressing fact of the day: Professors are less like to reply to emails from women and minorities http://t.co/zXZNVy1gsJ
Depressing fact of the day: Professors are less like to reply to emails from women and minorities http://t.co/SipZ1m5Q4J
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