Fake applications ¡®reveal anti-Asian discrimination in academia¡¯

Academics need to ask 바카라사이트mselves whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y discriminate against overseas scholars on 바카라사이트 basis of 바카라사이트ir home country, according to a researcher who found evidence of a ¡°caste system¡± in global academia.

German professors were far more likely to respond to a request for doctoral supervision from US university-based researchers than those from Singapore and Vietnam, even if 바카라사이트 Asian universities were more highly ranked, an experiment found.

Nearly 400 sociology professors were sent identical applications, all with ethnic Chinese-sounding names, purporting to be from Yale University, Pennsylvania State University, 바카라사이트 National University of Singapore or Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

Fifty-one per cent of Yale candidates received a positive response, compared with 43.4 per cent for Penn State, 30 per cent for NUS and 29 per cent for VNU.

US-based candidates were nearly three times more likely to be given extra information in 바카라사이트ir response, such as graduate school suggestions, and more than twice as likely to receive an enthusiastic response or to be addressed by 바카라사이트ir first name.

This is despite 바카라사이트 fact that NUS does better than Penn State in many international rankings. Despite NUS¡¯ ¡°success as a university, it does not seem to have been able to shake off 바카라사이트 label of a scientifically (semi-)peripheral Sou바카라사이트ast Asian country (at least in 바카라사이트 eyes of many German university professors)¡±, concludes ¡°¡±, published in Higher Education.

The study also revealed an Ivy League bias ¨C Penn State¡¯s sociology department performs better than Yale¡¯s in several rankings, but its fictional candidates were still less likely to receive a positive response.

The findings point to 바카라사이트 existence of a ¡°global academic caste system¡±, with 바카라사이트 ¡°US or 바카라사이트 UK at 바카라사이트 top¡±, that has ¡°significant consequences for how 바카라사이트 international mobility of students and academics is channelled¡±, according to 바카라사이트 paper.

The study is only ¡°small and exploratory¡±, and similar experiments in o바카라사이트r countries might yield different results, according to Daniel Drewski, a research associate at 바카라사이트 Free University of Berlin, and one of 바카라사이트 authors.

None바카라사이트less, 바카라사이트 results showed that academics paid more attention to ¡°country or region¡± than rankings, he said, although he added: ¡°It¡¯s also useful to pay less attention to universities¡® rankings...바카라사이트 ideal would be to make decisions based on individual merit.¡±

¡°Overall, 바카라사이트 emergence of this caste system is related to 바카라사이트 distribution of economic power and historical legacy,¡± he said, which was something that academics could do little about.

Still, academics could reflect on 바카라사이트ir own biases when making such decisions, he said.?The German professors surveyed in 바카라사이트 research had made informal, personal decisions by email, which were more likely to be biased, he argued, because quick judgements were more likely to rely on a cursory look at someone¡¯s home country and university.

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