@Sydonahi @AcademicChatter However, at least in the US, I think a large percentage of faculty still come from a "top" few schools, according to this study (note: they did not look at physics, though I wouldn't be surprised if the results were similar) htt
@KevinWNg @thiagoarzua Some papers about this: https://t.co/Tm1lXQiA5s https://t.co/NNBex3BjAs
@RezekJoe @RichardJeanSo @mmvty @teddyroland @cwellmon @LauraK_Nelson just fyi there is a lot of work in this area in the "science of science" studies. one example by @aaronclauset and @DanLarremore that was influential for our work. https://t.co/6yq4pFAGX
RT @brownlenses: @ARCHDrNguyen @KBibbinsDomingo @sfBUILD Thanks @ARCHDrNguyen for calling this out. While I call it the "glitter factor," a…
@ARCHDrNguyen @KBibbinsDomingo @sfBUILD Thanks @ARCHDrNguyen for calling this out. While I call it the "glitter factor," a study calls it prestige hierarchies: https://t.co/j04bH5nuyl Thanks for working with me @sfbuild to dismantle hierarchies in the acad
RT @KBibbinsDomingo: Systematic inequality and hierarchy in faculty hiring networks https://t.co/xsjlM2haCV
RT @KBibbinsDomingo: Systematic inequality and hierarchy in faculty hiring networks https://t.co/xsjlM2haCV
RT @KBibbinsDomingo: Systematic inequality and hierarchy in faculty hiring networks https://t.co/xsjlM2haCV
RT @KBibbinsDomingo: Systematic inequality and hierarchy in faculty hiring networks https://t.co/xsjlM2haCV
RT @VerbingNouns: I really want to see this for UKHE... https://t.co/xz6wBQsbRf
RT @KBibbinsDomingo: Systematic inequality and hierarchy in faculty hiring networks https://t.co/xsjlM2haCV
RT @KBibbinsDomingo: Systematic inequality and hierarchy in faculty hiring networks https://t.co/xsjlM2haCV
RT @KBibbinsDomingo: Systematic inequality and hierarchy in faculty hiring networks https://t.co/xsjlM2haCV
"Across disciplines, we show that faculty hiring follows a common and steeply hierarchical structure that reflects profound social inequality" https://t.co/SR4WnyaxZ6
RT @KBibbinsDomingo: Systematic inequality and hierarchy in faculty hiring networks https://t.co/xsjlM2haCV
RT @KBibbinsDomingo: Systematic inequality and hierarchy in faculty hiring networks https://t.co/xsjlM2haCV
RT @KBibbinsDomingo: Systematic inequality and hierarchy in faculty hiring networks https://t.co/xsjlM2haCV
RT @KBibbinsDomingo: Systematic inequality and hierarchy in faculty hiring networks https://t.co/xsjlM2haCV
RT @KBibbinsDomingo: Systematic inequality and hierarchy in faculty hiring networks https://t.co/xsjlM2haCV
RT @KBibbinsDomingo: Systematic inequality and hierarchy in faculty hiring networks https://t.co/xsjlM2haCV
RT @KBibbinsDomingo: Systematic inequality and hierarchy in faculty hiring networks https://t.co/xsjlM2haCV
RT @KBibbinsDomingo: Systematic inequality and hierarchy in faculty hiring networks https://t.co/xsjlM2haCV
RT @KBibbinsDomingo: Systematic inequality and hierarchy in faculty hiring networks https://t.co/xsjlM2haCV
What would happen if we showed this to under/grads thinking abt doctoral networks 🤔 #AcademicTwitter #phdchat #AcademicChatter
RT @KBibbinsDomingo: Systematic inequality and hierarchy in faculty hiring networks https://t.co/xsjlM2haCV
RT @KBibbinsDomingo: Systematic inequality and hierarchy in faculty hiring networks https://t.co/xsjlM2haCV
RT @KBibbinsDomingo: Systematic inequality and hierarchy in faculty hiring networks https://t.co/xsjlM2haCV
RT @KBibbinsDomingo: Systematic inequality and hierarchy in faculty hiring networks https://t.co/xsjlM2haCV
RT @KBibbinsDomingo: Systematic inequality and hierarchy in faculty hiring networks https://t.co/xsjlM2haCV
RT @KBibbinsDomingo: Systematic inequality and hierarchy in faculty hiring networks https://t.co/xsjlM2haCV
RT @VerbingNouns: I really want to see this for UKHE... https://t.co/xz6wBQsbRf
Systematic inequality and hierarchy in faculty hiring networks https://t.co/bwH9EACPzZ
RT @KBibbinsDomingo: Systematic inequality and hierarchy in faculty hiring networks https://t.co/xsjlM2haCV
Systematic inequality and hierarchy in faculty hiring networks https://t.co/xsjlM2haCV
@shahh_hema @J_C_Suarez Or put more eloquently...
h/t @NeilLewisJr: Academia is such a conundrum to me. Academics will say "we want diversity" but then only hire people who remind them of their selves. It happens in corporate too, don't get me wrong, but we're talking about knowledge generation here. ht
@HistoryBrad There were lots of "takes," but I remember this article: https://t.co/q6HibYGxJJ.
RT @frank_burdon: This is on the money: "an academic system organized in a classic core-periphery pattern, in which increased prestige corr…
RT @frank_burdon: This is on the money: "an academic system organized in a classic core-periphery pattern, in which increased prestige corr…
RT @frank_burdon: This is on the money: "an academic system organized in a classic core-periphery pattern, in which increased prestige corr…
RT @frank_burdon: This is on the money: "an academic system organized in a classic core-periphery pattern, in which increased prestige corr…
This is on the money: "an academic system organized in a classic core-periphery pattern, in which increased prestige correlates with occupying a more central, better connected, and more influential network position" https://t.co/FfMa8beE56
food for thought for anyone contemplating grad school...
Systematic inequality and hierarchy in faculty hiring networks https://t.co/hE6RZxJPFG
@ShengwuLi @wwwojtekk @jhaushofer Aaron Clauset comes to mind as someone that has looked at this. Here’s a paper that may be of interest: https://t.co/Uzu0oK35U8
RT @DanLarremore: No shade to Michael, any of my collaborators, or the interviewer actually. It's just how the system works, and that syste…
RT @DanLarremore: No shade to Michael, any of my collaborators, or the interviewer actually. It's just how the system works, and that syste…
RT @DanLarremore: No shade to Michael, any of my collaborators, or the interviewer actually. It's just how the system works, and that syste…
No shade to Michael, any of my collaborators, or the interviewer actually. It's just how the system works, and that system makes me sad. With @aaronclauset & team, we study prestige [& other] inequalities across academia. Our 1st paper here, if c
RT @DiscourseNet: Old pearls... https://t.co/BGa93k1QiC
Old pearls... https://t.co/BGa93k1QiC
@zacharylipton Not meant to incur an argument, Prof. Lipton. My point is that, if professors can jointly counteract the findings from the following study to make non-top programs statistically more secure, prospective talents would naturally expand their a
Systematic inequality and hierarchy in faculty hiring networks: increased institutional prestige leads to increased faculty production, better faculty placement, and a more influential position within the discipline https://t.co/uzNhQwHiKC
@CsabaSzepesvari @zacharylipton @josephdviviano Just gonna drop these two papers here: Who hires whose graduates as faculty? https://t.co/YzupfWpTRx What matters more, where you trained or where you work?) https://t.co/wJrBXIrRZx
RT @AcceptGroup: @akilbello @James_S_Murphy here ya go https://t.co/KxsLEE7D48
RT @AcceptGroup: @akilbello @James_S_Murphy here ya go https://t.co/KxsLEE7D48
@akilbello @James_S_Murphy here ya go https://t.co/KxsLEE7D48
@pardoguerra And it is so surprising because academia is a completely objective & meritocratic system: https://t.co/Nfin2EpjgD And since the complete nobelprize selection procedure and award criteria are completely transparent and razorsharp defined.
RT @ESanganyado: In academia, what you look like, what's on your pants, & where you studied, published, & worked are more important than yo…
RT @ESanganyado: In academia, what you look like, what's on your pants, & where you studied, published, & worked are more important than yo…
RT @ESanganyado: In academia, what you look like, what's on your pants, & where you studied, published, & worked are more important than yo…
RT @MarniSheppeard: 😪
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RT @Bostick_Lab: Thanks @_david_ho_ for spotting this exceptional dive into academic hierarchy. Only 9% of profs are placed at institutions…
RT @Sci_j_my: Want a faculty job? You better get your PhD from MIT, Harvard, Stanford, etc @AcademicChatter https://t.co/lynuAnO02l
Thanks @_david_ho_ for spotting this exceptional dive into academic hierarchy. Only 9% of profs are placed at institutions more prestigious than their PhD. Faculty hiring has GINI index of 0.72, nearly 2x the inequality of US economy. Stifling to diversity
RT @ESanganyado: In academia, what you look like, what's on your pants, & where you studied, published, & worked are more important than yo…
RT @ESanganyado: In academia, what you look like, what's on your pants, & where you studied, published, & worked are more important than yo…
In academia, what you look like, what's on your pants, & where you studied, published, & worked are more important than your actual research and teaching abilities. https://t.co/3S90tRxEsG
RT @mikethicke: @AcademicChatter As this study finds, it is very difficult to move up the prestige hierarchy. There are a lot of reasons…
RT @mikethicke: @AcademicChatter As this study finds, it is very difficult to move up the prestige hierarchy. There are a lot of reasons…
Interesting findings https://t.co/0IItvPIqof
@leecronin Completely agree! Similarly, a bit of randomness wouldn't hurt in how research grants are selected for funding by large governmental agencies (NIH, NSF, etc.) Relevant: https://t.co/dXE2vJovLf
RT @mikethicke: @AcademicChatter As this study finds, it is very difficult to move up the prestige hierarchy. There are a lot of reasons…
RT @mikethicke: @AcademicChatter As this study finds, it is very difficult to move up the prestige hierarchy. There are a lot of reasons…
RT @mikethicke: @AcademicChatter As this study finds, it is very difficult to move up the prestige hierarchy. There are a lot of reasons…
This was prompted by the question of whether it's possible to become a professor at a top-tier university if your PhD isn't from one. The study shows that in comp sci, business, and history, 25% of institutions produced 71 to 86% of all tenure-track facult
RT @mikethicke: @AcademicChatter As this study finds, it is very difficult to move up the prestige hierarchy. There are a lot of reasons…
Dalmatians are often deaf due to inbreeding.
RT @mikethicke: @AcademicChatter As this study finds, it is very difficult to move up the prestige hierarchy. There are a lot of reasons…
RT @mikethicke: @AcademicChatter As this study finds, it is very difficult to move up the prestige hierarchy. There are a lot of reasons…
RT @mikethicke: @AcademicChatter As this study finds, it is very difficult to move up the prestige hierarchy. There are a lot of reasons…
RT @mikethicke: @AcademicChatter As this study finds, it is very difficult to move up the prestige hierarchy. There are a lot of reasons…
RT @mikethicke: @AcademicChatter As this study finds, it is very difficult to move up the prestige hierarchy. There are a lot of reasons…
RT @mikethicke: @AcademicChatter As this study finds, it is very difficult to move up the prestige hierarchy. There are a lot of reasons…
Game of thrones: Academie-ros
@Dr_LPrendergast @AcademicChatter At least in the US (and in some fields), this does seem to be a thing https://t.co/EuMPSJ133V
@AcademicChatter As this study finds, it is very difficult to move up the prestige hierarchy. There are a lot of reasons for this, few of them good. https://t.co/H7rGOzUyX2
That's a revealing read. "These results demonstrate the enormous role of institutional prestige in shaping faculty hiring across academe, both for institutions and for individuals seeking faculty positions. ..." https://t.co/jMlIqb57ts
@monsoon0 Again, it's a totally different scientific question, but it's a good place to start on related things: https://t.co/v1kJmU30Sg
Systematic inequality and hierarchy in faculty hiring networks https://t.co/14jsSpmCyN
RT @Sci_j_my: Want a faculty job? You better get your PhD from MIT, Harvard, Stanford, etc @AcademicChatter https://t.co/lynuAnO02l
RT @Sci_j_my: Want a faculty job? You better get your PhD from MIT, Harvard, Stanford, etc @AcademicChatter https://t.co/lynuAnO02l
Ahhh... Ahora lo entiendo.
RT @aniuxa: ¿Cómo se vería esto en México?
RT @Sci_j_my: Want a faculty job? You better get your PhD from MIT, Harvard, Stanford, etc @AcademicChatter https://t.co/lynuAnO02l