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ERIC Number: ED612077
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
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Revising Evaluation Metrics for Graduate Admissions and Faculty Advancement to Dismantle Privilege
De Los Reyes, Andres; Uddin, Lucina Q.
Grantee Submission
Academics are not immune to the biases contributing to persistent inequalities in society. We face an urgent need to overhaul and dismantle current evaluation practices that uphold inequities at multiple points along the academic pipeline. Graduate admissions and faculty advancement are two arenas of gatekeeping in which a reimagining and redistribution of weighting of commonly used evaluation metrics is warranted. We define and promote the use of dynamic, flexible holistic evaluation models that can be implemented by first recognizing and acknowledging the biases that contribute to racial and ethnic disparities in academia. Leaders of academic institutions must step up to drive adoption of these revised evaluation metrics. [This paper will be published in "Nature Neuroscience.]
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED); National Institutes of Health (DHHS)
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IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R324A180032; R01MH107549
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