Publication Date
1-26-2020
Document Type
Article
Organizational Units
Sturm College of Law
Keywords
Systemic bias, Leadership, Student evaluations, Bias, Female faculty, Faculty of color, Discrimination, Gender discrimination, Racial discrimination, Misogyny, Social norms, Stereotypes
Abstract
This article discusses how law schools' use of student evaluation of teaching (SET) for high-stakes faculty employment decisions amounts to a lapse in leadership because using biased evaluations allows colleges and universities to discriminate against faculty whose identities deviate from white male heteronormativity.
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Rights Holder
Austin, Debra; Villanova Law Review
File Format
application/pdf
Language
English (eng)
Extent
15 pgs
File Size
69 KB
Publication Title
Villanova Law Review
Volume
65
Issue
5
First Page
995
Last Page
1009
Recommended Citation
Debra Austin, Leadership Lapse: Laundering Systemic Bias Through Student Evaluations, 65 VILL. L. REV. 995 (2020).
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