The Road to Tenure and Beyond for African American Political Scientists

Ards, Sheila D.; Brintnall, Michael; Woodard, Maurice

doi:10.2307/2967225

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“…Some studies focus on the proportional representation of women and people of color and use demographic information to provide data that shows the dismal representation for these groups in senior-level positions (Corrigan 2002;Hill 2004), while other studies focus on employment trends for women and administrators of color in colleges and universities (Harvey 1991;Johnsrud 1991;Johnsrud and Heck 1994). For example, the positions they held and the types of institutions where they are employed are provided as evidence to demonstrate that women and people of color are not equal in terms of their professional standing compared to White males (e.g., levels of power, decision-making, and authority) in educational institutions (Ards et al 1997;Fisher et al 1993;Harvey 1991;Johnsrud 1991;Johnsrud and Heck 1994). Policy-oriented approaches to addressing equity in the workforce examine how specific higher education organizations have successfully or unsuccessfully increased the representation of women and people of color on college campuses (Sagaria 1988).…”

Section: The Glass Ceiling In Higher Educationmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…The empirical studies in this area focused on researching and analyzing gender and race in higher education from a multitude of perspectives (Ards et al 1997;Johnsrud 1991;Johnsrud and Heck 1994;Kahn 1993;Lee 2002;Tesch et al 1995), including promotion (Bain and Cummings 2000;Ginther and Hayes 1999;Johnsrud 1991;Johnsrud and Heck 1994;Shultz et al 1992) and salary studies (Fisher et al 1993;Ginther and Hayes 1999;Johnsrud 1991;Johnsrud and Heck 1994). The focus of the studies ranged from faculty in wide-ranging disciplines (Ards et al 1997;Fisher et al 1993;Ginther and Hayes 1999;Kahn 1993;Tesch et al 1995;Shultz et al 1992;Tesch and Nattinger 1997) to administrators (Johnsrud 1991;Johnsrud and Heck 1994).…”

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What Do We Know About Glass Ceiling Effects? A Taxonomy and Critical Review to Inform Higher Education Research

2009

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The concept of ''glass ceiling effects'' has emerged in social science research in general and higher education in particular over the past 20 years. These studies have described the impediments that women and people of color encounter in their quest for senior-level positions (e.g., CEOs) in society as glass ceiling effects. Literature, both empirical and non-empirical, has provided broad and varied interpretations of glass ceiling effects. In turn, the literature is less-than-settled on the application of glass ceiling effects. In this manuscript, the authors analyzed and critiqued 66 documents in order to advance theoretical and practical knowledge regarding glass ceiling effects in higher education.

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Section: The Glass Ceiling In Higher Educationmentioning

confidence: 95%

Section: Educationmentioning

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What Do We Know About Glass Ceiling Effects? A Taxonomy and Critical Review to Inform Higher Education Research

2009

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“…Some of these factors are similar to the ones given for the underrepresentation of women in the discipline that we shall examine soon. The factors for the underrepresentation of Blacks include: lack of mentoring; human capital and social capital; work environment; lack of promotion, including tenure; Gender; and co-authorship (Alex-Assensoh et al, 2005;Ards et al, 1997;Evans, 2007;Fisher et al, 1998;Harley, 2008;Kaba, 2013c;Lopez, 2003;Sampaio, 2006). …”

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confidence: 99%

“…Mentoring is a process that can increase the retention of Black faculty" (p. 283). According to Ards et al (1997): "Gender may be a factor affecting the apparent relationship between race and rank. Studies show that women receive lower salary and rank and are less likely to be tenured than men..." (163).…”

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“…Within the political science profession in the United States, women and minorities continue to be underrepresented, from membership in the American Political Science Association; as faculty in lower ranks in political science departments; among contributors of full length articles to the American Political Science Review and other top political science journals; and among editorial board members in APSR and other 'top' political science journals (Alex-Assensoh et al, 2005;Ards et al, 1997;Brandes et al, 2001;Breuning & Sanders, 2007;Cassese et al, 2012;Evans & Moulder, 2011;Fisher et al, 1998;Grofman, 2009;Hesli et al, 2012;Lopez, 2003;Losco, 1998;Mann, 1998;Marshall & Rothgeb, Jr., 2011;Miller & Tien, 1996;Nelson & Brammer, 2010;Rothgeb, Jr. & Burger, 2009;Sampaio, 2006;Stegmaier et al, 2011;Young, 1995).…”

Section: Gender/sex Race and Title/rank Of Contributors To The Amerimentioning

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Profile of Contributors to the American Political Science Review, 2010

Kaba¹

2013

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This study examines the profile of contributors of full-length articles to the American Political Science Review (APSR) in 2010. Of the 79 different contributors, almost 9 (86.1%) out of every 10 are men. Whites accounted for over 9 (93.7%) out of every 10 contributors. Full professors accounted for 35%, the highest rate, with assistant professors accounting for 31 percent. Yale University, Harvard University, University of Illinois-Champaign, Florida State University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California-San Diego, and the University of Chicago, all employ 3 or more of these contributors. Almost 94% of the contributors have a Ph.D. Almost 89% of the contributors earned their terminal or highest degrees in political science/government. Harvard University, the University of Chicago, the University of Rochester, the University of California-Berkeley, and Duke University, all conferred 4 or more terminal or highest degrees to these contributors. The study presents explanations for these results, focusing on the underrepresentation of women and minorities.Keywords: human progress, gender, race, university rankings, endowments, elitism IntroductionBy 2013, among the three sister social science disciplines of economics, political science and sociology, political science is now second to economics in terms of the total number of scholarly publications examining various aspects of their disciplines. A substantial proportion of these scholarly articles either focus only on the American Political Science Review (APSR) or along with other political science journals, or comparison of APSR with the top journals in economics, sociology and other journals in and outside of the social sciences. With its first issue published in 1906, the APSR has become the discipline's top ranked journal and one of the top ranked journals in and outside of the social sciences. Others have claimed that the APSR is the top ranked political science journal in the world. Scholars who publish in the APSR can be employed at the top ranked colleges and universities not just in the United States, but also the world. They can also get promoted and have the opportunity to earn higher salaries and benefits. They are among the scholars who get very large sums of research grants from governments or foundations. They have substantial influence over the U.S. federal government and other governments in the world. The APSR like the top economics journal in the U.S., the American Economic Review (AER) are known as international journals, which means that students and scholars, policy makers and other elites in the U.S. and abroad tend to read them and the authors that publish in them are from all over the world. So once one publish an article in the APSR, he or she can become internationally known, which benefits the institutions that employ them (Ballard & Mitchell, 1998;Breuning & Sanders, 2007;De Rond & Miller, 2005;Evans & Moulder, 2011;Finifter, 1998;Fisher et al., 1998;Garand et al., 2009;Garand & Graddy, 1999;Garand & G...

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