ERIC Number: EJ835833
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-166X
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A Professor Like Me: The Influence of Instructor Gender on College Achievement
Hoffmann, Florian; Oreopoulos, Philip
Journal of Human Resources, v44 n2 p479-494 Spr 2009
Many wonder whether teacher gender plays an important role in higher education by influencing student achievement and subject interest. The data used in this paper help identify average effects from male and female college students assigned to male or female teachers. We find instructor gender plays only a minor role in determining college student achievement. Nevertheless, the small effects provide evidence that gender role models matter to some college students. A same-sex instructor increases average grade performance by at most 5 percent of its standard deviation and decreases the likelihood of dropping a class by 1.2 percentage points. (Contains 5 tables and 13 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Academic Achievement, Teacher Influence, College Faculty, Sex, Role Models, Teacher Student Relationship, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada (Toronto)
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