The Academic Elite in American Anthropology: Linkages Among Top-ranked Graduate Programs

Faculty Diversity and Program Standing in Criminology and Criminal Justice: Findings for 31 Doctoral Programs in 2008

“…Offering support for this position, Bair noted that prestigious programs in various fields are usually staffed with graduates from the top-ranked programs or with their own graduates, especially in disciplines where there is strong competition for a limited number of doctoral graduates (Bair 1991(Bair , 2003Bair and Bair 1998;Boor 1988, 1991;Bair, Thompson, and Hickey 1986). In the 10 top-ranked finance programs in 2000, eight of the schools had at least one graduate employed from their program, with Stanford (30.8%) and Harvard (40.7%) both having over 30% of their faculty originating from their program (Bair 2003).…”

“…Additionally, these 10 top-ranked programs had between 33.3% (Harvard) and 70.4% (Northwestern-Kellogg) of their faculty from one of the other 10 top-ranked programs. This pattern of hiring your own graduates or those from other top-ranked schools also held together for other disciplines to include law, psychology, sociology, anthropology, and special education; where 49 of the 51 top-ranked programs in their respective fields had at least one of their graduates on the faculty and a large percentage of their faculty from other top institutions (Bair 1991(Bair , 2003Bair and Bair 1998;Boor 1988, 1991;Bair, Thompson, and Hickey 1986). …”

The Academic Elite in SixSocial Science Disciplines: Linkages Among Top-Ranked Graduate Departments

“…With some modifications, Shichor's (1970) Graduate departments in the social sciences (or in any discipline) must rely to a large extent upon their reputations to attract highly qualified faculty and graduate students to participate in their programs. Moreover, most students who complete the Ph.D. and enter the academic job market recognize that the reputation ofthe institution from which they graduated is a critical factor in their employability (Bair, Thompson, and Hickey 1986).…”

“…Whereas a variety of factors enter into the screening process for faculty selection, it would be naive to argue that the subjective evaluation of the candidate's degree-granting institution is not an important part of the decision process (Bair, Thompson, and Hickey 1986).…”

“…Second, it is our belief that all current ranking systems contain serious distortions and misrepresentations. Because they have the potential of doing as much harm as good, we recomme~d that as they are presently constituted all systems of departmental ranking be routinely ignored ( Bair, Thompson, and Hickey 1986 The historic commitment to the assumption that deviance is a typically male phenomenon has bad a great impact on the theoretical and empirical framework from which the gang phenomenon has been studied. In general, Carol Smart (1976) has indicated that a "sexist ideology"operates within both contemporary and historic criminological theory; thus our understanding of female deviance has been biased by current gender stereotypes.…”