Traditional Reference Checks Are Plagued With Bias
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How valid are traditional reference checks? Not very. But making them structured improves both how well they predict applicant…
How valid are traditional reference checks? Not very. But making them structured improves both how well they predict applicant…
Por Markus Eberhardt, Giovanni Facchini y Valeria Rueda Las mujeres están subrepresentadas en la academia, especialmente en las á…
It is that time of year again. After months (October-December) of producing one letter of reference after another, it is the…
Lucy Gwen…
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It’s rampant in academia, but the U.S. Marine Corps can help -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Warning: The following post is a piece of devil’s advocacy. I’m not sure I believe myself.The process for selecting graduate…
Our previous article discussed admission metrics such as the GRE (Graduate Record Examination), undergraduate GPA (grade point…
While women in geosciences are awarded 40% doctoral degrees, they hold less than 10% of full professorial positions. In looking…
Sexism in science has been discussed for as long as I can remember being a part of science. Until I joined social media, however…
Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede is a professor and division head of Chemical Biology at Chalmers University in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Four days into the new year and it’s déjà vu all over again. The American Chemical Society (ACS), which has 158,000 members…
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The below is a guest blog post by Professors Andy Elby and Ayush Gupta. Andy Elby is a Associate Professor of Teaching
Let’s face it: gender bias in academia is for…
Microaggression, particularly racial microagressions, have gotten a lot of well-deserved press lately in the US, as hate crimes…
Welcome to the third installment on the scientists portrayed in Declan Fahy’s book “The New Celebrity Scientists”. Click if you…
Clare, Pam, and Susan on stage in the yurt (photo credit Jo Young)Last Thursday Edinburgh Napier University microbiologist Dr…
You know what makes it hard being a woman in science? These attitudes:1. Yesterday I read this comment from a friend:This…