Abstract:This research explores if student and faculty ethnic similarity produces more favorable teaching evaluations, and if the effect is enhanced when ethnic group representation on campus is low. When student and faculty ethnicity was similar, (a) students from low-representation groups provided the highest evaluations, and (b) students from high-representation groups showed both “more favorable” and “less favorable” evaluations. Evidence suggests that the pattern of findings was strong for qualitatively oriented c… Show more
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