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ERIC Number: EJ512772
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0141-1926
What is behind Saturn's Rings? Methodological Problems in the Investigation of Gender and Race in the Academic Profession.
Heward, Christine; And Others
British Educational Research Journal, v21 n2 p149-63 Apr 1995
Reports on a study to examine the hidden processes underlying the underrepresentation of women and minority ethnic groups in the academic profession. Identifies the importance of subject communities and their implicit values and assumptions. Illustrates the importance of judgments of academic merit at the very earliest stages of careers for racial and gender differentiation. (CFR)
Descriptors: Blacks, Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Ethnic Groups, Females, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Males, Professional Recognition, Racial Bias, Racial Differences, Racial Discrimination, Research Methodology, Sex Bias, Sex Differences, Social Values, Status
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Information Analyses; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Gender; Great Britain