Why Your 'Objective' Screening Rubric Produced Biased Results: Five things that search committees can do to move more women and people of color forward in the executive-hiring process

[...]you said to yourself, “a search committee that knows what it is doing and is committed to a fair process.” [...]rubrics tend to yield a diverse pool of candidates when the dossiers are reviewed, but things start to fall apart once the interviewing begins. Because of tightly held perceptions of...

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Published in:The Chronicle of Higher Education 2021-03
Main Author: Vaillancourt, Allison M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bias
Candidates
Committees
Constructive conflict
Educational leadership
Evaluators
Females
Higher education
Interviews
Leaders
Leadership Role
Malayo Polynesian Languages
Males
Minority & ethnic groups
Organizational Effectiveness
Personality Traits
Personnel Selection
Search Committees (Personnel)
Speech Communication
Speech Skills
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Summary:[...]you said to yourself, “a search committee that knows what it is doing and is committed to a fair process.” [...]rubrics tend to yield a diverse pool of candidates when the dossiers are reviewed, but things start to fall apart once the interviewing begins. Because of tightly held perceptions of how leadership behavior should be demonstrated in higher education. Formerly the vice president for business affairs and human resources at the University of Arizona, she spent three decades as an administrator and faculty member at large public research universities.
ISSN:0009-5982
1931-1362