To what degree are gaps in an associate professor’s record to blame for an unsuccessful promotion? Or were there other factors that affected or even biased the outcome?
We are leading a long-term research study on fairness and bias in promotion-and-tenure decisions. Supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, we have collected preliminary data from more than 2,000 P&T cases at 10 universities across the country. Based on our early results, we believe that some candidates are denied promotion to full professor for reasons outside of their control and even independent of their record.
