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Racial/ethnic and national origin bias in SET

Racial/ethnic and national origin bias in SET This study aims to test the presence of an adverse impact against professors belonging to minority groups (African American, Asian American, Hispanic American and foreign national origin) in official student evaluation of teaching (SET).Design/methodology/approachThe authors conducted a series of regression analyses to compare SET rating sources and control for course difficulty.FindingsThe regression analysis results showed that White American professors receive higher SET ratings than non-White American and foreign professors, which implies the presence of bias in SET.Originality/valueTo the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to examine race/ethnicity and national origin bias in SET using official SET results from multiple universities. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Journal of Organizational Analysis Emerald Publishing

Racial/ethnic and national origin bias in SET

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Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
© Emerald Publishing Limited
ISSN
1934-8835
DOI
10.1108/ijoa-06-2019-1793
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Abstract

This study aims to test the presence of an adverse impact against professors belonging to minority groups (African American, Asian American, Hispanic American and foreign national origin) in official student evaluation of teaching (SET).Design/methodology/approachThe authors conducted a series of regression analyses to compare SET rating sources and control for course difficulty.FindingsThe regression analysis results showed that White American professors receive higher SET ratings than non-White American and foreign professors, which implies the presence of bias in SET.Originality/valueTo the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to examine race/ethnicity and national origin bias in SET using official SET results from multiple universities.

Journal

International Journal of Organizational AnalysisEmerald Publishing

Published: Apr 22, 2020

Keywords: Student evaluation of teaching (SET); National origin bias; Racial/ethnic bias

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