The effect of gender composition of faculty on student retention

Gender differences in academic performance in a large public university in Turkey

“…We conjecture that the higher is the representation of women in the form of fellow students or faculty the greater will be the academic success of female students as the former will help create a support group and a network, while the latter will act as role models. Empirical research finds mixed support for the role model hypothesis (see for instance Canes and Rosen 1995;Jacobs 1996;Robst et al 1998).…”

Teachers and the Gender Gaps in Student Achievement

“…Interestingly, most prior evidence on the effects of a same-gender teacher has focused on postsecondary and graduate settings (for example. Canes and Rosen 1995;Rothstein 1995;Neumark and Gardecki 1998;Robst, Keil, and Russo 1998;and Bettinger and Long 2005). The conclusions from these studies are quite mixed as are the ones from the fewer studies that have examined the effect of a teacher's gender in high-school settings.…”

Modelling Students' Length of Stay at University Using Coxian Phase-type Distributions

“…Personal characteristics such as gender and age; or individual abilities; income, education and socio-economic status of the family, academic-specific factors (services, quality in teaching, etc), and time-varying variables such as number of passed exams or credits are found to affect student choices at university (Arulampalam et al, 2004;Arulampalam et al, 2005;Checchi & Flabbi, 2006;Johnes, 1990;Light & Strayer, 2000;Robst et al, 1998;Smith & Naylor, 2001; among others).…”