Changes in the stratification structure of sociology, 1964–1992

Baldi, Stéphane

doi:10.1007/bf02691988

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“…In sociology, the top-ranked departments in the latest prestige ranking are, with but a few exceptions, virtually identical to those in the first such study done in 1925 (Table 1). Moreover, the modest changes in departmental prestige rankings from one decade to the next are not explained by changes in faculty productivity (Baldi 1994;Keith and Babchuk 1998). Moreover, the modest changes in departmental prestige rankings from one decade to the next are not explained by changes in faculty productivity (Baldi 1994;Keith and Babchuk 1998).…”

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The Academic Caste System: Prestige Hierarchies in PhD Exchange Networks

2004

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E xtensive research demonstrates the importance of departmental prestige for the career prospects of academic professionals. The prestige of the department in which an academic received a PhD consistently ranks as the most important factor in determining the employment opportunities available to those entering the academic labor market. Across a range of academic fields, studies report a high correlation between the prestige of the departments in which academics received their degrees and the prestige of the departments where they obtained jobs, especially their initial jobs (Caplow and

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The Academic Caste System: Prestige Hierarchies in PhD Exchange Networks

2004

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“…However, in interpreting these relationships, one must consider how much variation in the prestige of the PhD training program determines prestige in employers. Previous research provides an expectation that the academic labor market has very little upward mobility from low prestige PhD training programs to high prestige employers (Baldi 1994;Debackere and Rappa 1995;Burris 2004). We examine this relationship with the SS5.…”

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“…Baldi 1994), and faculty have a guiding desire to maximize the prestige of where they work, then graduates of more prestigious programs should have more satisfying academic careers. But this is not what previous studies have found.…”

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“…The PVS has been used to explain the hiring, promotion and retention practices and evaluation criteria of departments (Caplow and McGee 1958;Burke 1988); the structure and mobility patterns of academic careers (Baldi 1994;Debackere and Rappa 1995); the linkages among departments in networks of faculty exchanges (Burris 2004); the balance of effort among task sets for faculty (Clark 1987;Rhode 2006); mission drift in institutional and individual priority setting (Massey 2004); struggles for priority among researchers (Merton 1957); as well as other outcomes within the academic labor market. The exigencies of the PVS have been shown to exacerbate existing status inequalities, both at the individual level (Merton 1968) and at the departmental level (Burris 2004)-thus creating highly and rigidly stratified systems.…”

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Are You Satisfied? PhD Education and Faculty Taste for Prestige: Limits of the Prestige Value System

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This paper empirically evaluates Caplow and McGee's (The academic marketplace, 1958) model of academia as a prestige value system (PVS) by testing several hypotheses about the relationship between prestige of faculty appointment and job satisfaction. Using logistic regression models to predict satisfaction with several job domains in a sample of more than 1,000 recent social science PhD graduates who hold tenure-track or tenured faculty positions, we find that the relationship between prestige of faculty appointment and job satisfaction is modified by PhD program prestige. Graduates of high prestige PhD programs value prestige more highly and graduates of low prestige programs value salary more highly. We explain our findings by incorporating reference group theory and a theory of taste formation into our model of the academic PVS, which identifies PhD programs as sites of socialization to different tastes for prestige (a process of cultural transmission) in addition to their well recognized role in transmission of human and social capital. We discuss practical and theoretical implications of our findings in relation to efforts to measure PhD program quality and to understand the structure of academic labor markets.

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“…The departmental variables found to be significantly correlated with ratings of faculty and program quality include the following: number of faculty in the department; the number of doctoral students and number of doctorates granted; annual research spending; number of articles published and the average per faculty member; the percentage of faculty holding research grants from selected government agencies; and the percentage of postdoctoral fellows (Abbott 1972;Abbott and Barlow 1972;Baldi 1994;Conrad and Blackburn 1986;Drew 1975;Elton and Rodgers 1971;Geiger and Feller 1995;Guba and Clark 1978;Hagstrom 1971;Hartman 1969;Keith and Babchuck 1998;Knudsen and Vaughn 1969;Tan 1992). All of these discipline-level studies were conducted at least a decade ago, and most are much older.…”

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Prestige Among Graduate and Professional Schools: Comparing the U.S. News’ Graduate School Reputation Ratings Between Disciplines

Sweitzer

Volkwein

2009

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Using a conceptual model, this study examines the variables associated with the U.S. News and World Report peer assessment ratings of graduate and professional schools in business, education, engineering, law, and medicine. What are the correlates of prestige among the nation's leading graduate and professional schools, and are they consistent with prior studies of prestige? Not since the studies of the 1995 National Research Council (NRC) data have scholars examined the correlates of prestige for individual graduate programs, and no study has ever extensively examined the U.S. News graduate ratings. Using available data from U.S. News, as well as institutional websites and ISI Web of Science information, this analysis finds robust relationships between the U.S. News graduate school reputation ratings and the model-relevant indicators, especially enrollment size, admissions test scores, and faculty publications per capita.

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Changes in the stratification structure of sociology, 1964–1992

Cited by 26 publications

References 25 publications

The Academic Caste System: Prestige Hierarchies in PhD Exchange Networks

The Academic Caste System: Prestige Hierarchies in PhD Exchange Networks

Are You Satisfied? PhD Education and Faculty Taste for Prestige: Limits of the Prestige Value System

Prestige Among Graduate and Professional Schools: Comparing the U.S. News’ Graduate School Reputation Ratings Between Disciplines

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